[Technical] RE: [Moodle] OT - Help Please - Anti-Virus Softwarerecommendations?

[Keith Richardson]

Thanks Clarky - 'good bloke' eh? Some of my troublesome students might
not agree!
Cheers, Keith



On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:10:02 +1000, "Clark, Ian C"
<clark.ian.c at edumail.vic.gov.au> said:
> Hi Ben,
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> Keith's not from a DET school ...  he's a good bloke running Multimedia
> at a private school in Elsternwick ...
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> Cheers,
> Clarky
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> From: tech-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:tech-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Ngo, Ben B
> Sent: Friday, 28 July 2006 11:57 AM
> To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List; The Moodle Users' in
> Schools Mailing List
> Cc: List IS; List Multi-Media; List IP&M; List Tech
> Subject: [Technical] RE: [Moodle] OT - Help Please - Anti-Virus
> Softwarerecommendations?
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> I thought Symantec Antivirus was recommended by the Department of
> Education?
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> We're using Symantec Antivirus on one of our Microsoft servers
> (Microsoft Windows 2003) updates to the latest Antivirus definitions and
> it passes all the updates down to all our Novell servers (Novell 6 &
> 6.5). And from the Novell servers it updates down the Tree to every XP
> workstation in the school.
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> I don't know much about VET and we chose Symantec because it's free from
> DET.
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> Ben Ngo
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> TSP Co-ordinating Technician
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> South Gippsland Region
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> PH: 0403 014 008
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> ________________________________
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> From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Con Zymaris
> Sent: Wed 26/07/2006 2:13 PM
> To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List
> Cc: List IS; List Multi-Media; List IP&M; List Tech; List Yr7-10it
> Subject: Re: [Moodle] OT - Help Please - Anti-Virus Software
> recommendations?
> 
> On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 11:59:31AM +1000, Keith Richardson wrote:
> > Please forgive cross-posts.
> > Hello everyone.
> > We have an anti-virus software crisis and I would appreciate any
> advice
> > possible.
> > We have been using VET but they are forcing a change on us that is not
> > compatible so we need to look elsewhere.
> > Here is the QUESTION posed by my technician:
> >
> > "Anti virus question to those members of the group that have Novell
> file
> > servers with XP workstations.
> >  What antivirus solution do you have in place with server based
> updates?
> >  How efficient is this?
> >  Does it affect network performance, if not what speed does network
> run
> > at?
> >  Any recomendations for a low grade network?
> 
> 
> Keith,
> 
> Before you make a decision, trial ClamAV and ClamWin.
> 
> You can use Clam on many servers as a server-based AV, scanning incoming
> mail etc:
> 
>  http://www.clamav.net/
> 
> You can use Clam Win on all your Windows PCs, including XP:
> 
>  http://www.clamwin.com/
> 
>  Features:
> 
>   - High detection rates for viruses and spyware;
>   - Scanning Scheduler;
>   - Automatic downloads of regularly updated Virus Database.
>   - Standalone virus scanner and right-click menu integration to
> Microsoft
>     Windows Explorer;
>   - Addin to Microsoft Outlook to remove virus-infected attachments
>     automatically.
> 
> Clam AV and Clam Win are both free and open source.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Con Zymaris
> 
> - CEO, Cybersource Pty. Ltd.
> - Director, Open Source Industry Australia, Limited.
> - Convenor, Open Source Victoria (A Government-funded industry cluster.)
> 
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> Australia
> Cybersource: Australia's Leading Linux and Open Source Solutions Company
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