Re: [PLUG] OSS desktop (windows) anti-virus?

["W.Chris Shank" <chris.shank@acetechgroup.com>]

On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 05:58 PM, Mike Leone wrote:

> W. Chris Shank (chris.shank@acetechgroup.com) had this to say on  
> 03/28/03 at 16:07:
> > It is again and again - every year. $60per machine per year gets
>
> $60? Last I heard, the retail sign up was $29.95 per yr, which someone  
> told
> me only a couple months ago.
I just saw on their website that they reduced the price to 29.95 if you  
get it over the web.

> > expensive. From what I can tell - you can't get the definitions  
> > without
> > the subscription service.
Someone else sent me the link to the definitions -which is great.  
However, I really like them to auto-install. I wonder if I setup a  
script to automatically download the new defs - I could get the windows  
machines to install them on login? This is probably a real pain in the  
ass. At $30 each - I may be able to swing that on all the machines.

Thanks for your feedback.


> When I get back to work on Monday, I'll email you the link for the  
> download.
> You should be able to *get* the definitions; now, as to whether they  
> will
> *install* is a different matter. I think the updates check the  
> subscription
> status of the retail versions. I dunno; I use the Corporate Edition,  
> and I
> know I can download the updates for Exchange every few days, and they  
> for sure
> install. (the Exchange version only downloads a set number of times per
> month, so sometimes I download more often by hand)
>
> As for every year, if you're using a version that is multiple years  
> old on a
> Windows platform, it would be in your best interest to update to a  
> newer
> version, just for the engine updates.
>
> > Mike Leone said:
> > > W. Chris Shank (chris.shank@acetechgroup.com) had this to say on
> > > 03/28/03 at 13:56:
> > > > Does anyone know if there is any good OSS windows anti-virus  
> > > > software
> > > > taht is pretty good? Or, better yet - does anyone know how to get
> > > > around norton live-update subscription service so that virus
> > > > definitions are
> > > > atuomatically updated without this subscription service? A 1 year
> > > > subscription comes with the software, after that you have to pay  
> > > > again
> > > > and again.
> > >
> > > It's yearly, isn't it, not really "again and again"?
> > >
> > > Anyway, you can (or used to be able to) download the definitions  
> > > file,
> > > and manually update (I used to do this, on Windows, and for Netware  
> > > and
> > > Exchange).
> > >
> > > I suppose you could script something to
> > > do the download, and run the install manually (you'd have to figure  
> > > out
> > > the filename, since it contains the date of the update). Is there a
> > > Windows wget you could run from the Windows scheduler service?
> >
> >
> >
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