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Traditional AV to disappear?
11 May 10 03:09 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Gartner: Application Control / Whitelisting Interest is Growing Rapidly: http://blogs.gartner.com/neil_macdonald/2010/05/11/application-control-whitelisting...

Filed under: Security, Antivirus

Recommendations for antivirus exclusions that relate to MOM 2005 and to Operations Manager 2007
01 December 09 06:31 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

  This article introduces some recommendations for antivirus (AV) exclusions that relate to Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 and to System...

Filed under: System Center, OpsMgr 2007, Antivirus

Sunbelt Vipre users struck by false positives, downing computers...
06 July 09 12:25 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

If you're running Sunbelt's Vipre product, you'll want to monitor the support forums for more information. Information from several sources...

Filed under: Antivirus, Sunbelt, Vipre

Morro aka Microsoft Security Essentials is available for download on Connect
23 June 09 02:39 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  is now available for download here

Filed under: Security, Antivirus

myITforum.com Poll : Company AntiVirus usage
08 June 09 04:35 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

What AV product is in use in your company for Workstations and Servers? Take the poll: http://www.myitforum.com/absolutepm/polls/avinuse.asp

Filed under: Community, Antivirus

Implementing Microsoft File Exclusions in Trend Micro OfficeScan 8.0 - myITforum.com
22 May 09 05:54 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  This document: • Identifies those files and folders you must exclude from scanning by OfficeScan. • Organizes these file and folder exclusions by...

Filed under: Documentation, Antivirus

Doc updated today, 5/22/2009 - Guidelines for Anti-Virus Exclusions for Microsoft Applications - myITforum.com
22 May 09 05:50 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  The purpose of this document is to provide guidelines for anti-virus configuration parameters, depending on the software installed on a server....

Filed under: Documentation, Antivirus

AV-Comparatives Web Site
03 February 09 02:40 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

On this site you will find independent comparatives of Anti-Virus software. All products listed in our comparatives are already a selection of some very...

Filed under: Internet, Antivirus

Symantec Awarded $12 Million Judgment in Counterfeit Software Case
17 December 08 09:17 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

Symantec Awarded $12 Million Judgment in Counterfeit Software Case Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - myITforum.com CUPERTINO, CA--(Marketwire - December 17...

Filed under: Security, Industry News, Antivirus, Symantec

Sunbelt Vipre AV + AntiSpyware for $9.95
24 November 08 12:42 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=6018&zoneid=71

Filed under: Antivirus, Vendors

AVG’s fix for destroying Windows XP…
12 November 08 08:44 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

http://www.avg.com/faq.num-1575#faq_1575   In case you you are not able to run your Windows XP operating system after AVG 8.0 virus definition update...

Filed under: Security, Antivirus

Recommendations for antivirus exclusions in MOM 2005 and OpsMgr 2007
06 November 08 08:56 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

Exclusions by process executable: Creating exclusions based on the executable can potential be very dangerous in that it limits the control of scanning...

Filed under: Security, System Center, OpsMgr 2007, Antivirus

Symantec Launches Fastest Security Products in the World
09 September 08 02:00 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Uhhh…seriously?  That remains to be seen. http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=5628&zoneid=71

Filed under: Security, Antivirus

The end of anti-virus?
09 September 08 06:27 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

Greg Masters, at SC Magazine, talks about different AV and security tools, and uses a blog quote from yours truly… http://www.scmagazineus.com/The-end...

Filed under: Security, Antivirus

Sunbelt Software’s VIPRE Enterprise – competitor to Symantec – or cure?
31 July 08 03:26 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Could Sunbelt have developed a Symantec-killer?  From first impressions and comments filtering through various communities, we may finally be free...

Filed under: Security, Spyware, Antivirus