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antivirus software questions djc 09-19-2006
Posted by djc on September 19, 2006, 2:25 pm
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 the following few questions revolve around antivirus software configuration
considerations on servers (2000/2003).
I came accross an article on files/folders that should be excluded from a
domain controller which raised other questions in my mind.

what other services need special consideration?
what other directories/files, if any, should be excluded from virus scanning
(auto protect and scheduled sweep scans)?

DNS?
DHCP?
WINS?
etc..?

any input is appreciated?



Posted by G on September 19, 2006, 2:38 pm
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 I would think that this is an AV-specific question. What does your AV vendor
recommend? Off the top of my head, I would think that Exchange stores and
SQL Server database files should be excluded. That assumes you are running
either of these, which you don't say.
--
Greg Stigers, MCSA
remember to vote for the answers you like



Posted by djc on September 19, 2006, 3:29 pm
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hehe. Ya, I went to the AV vendor first. They (symantec) said to ask each
other software vendor. Except for Exchange. They do provide support docs on
how to configure there AV product to work nicely with Exchange server.

thanks for the input though, its appreciated.

>I would think that this is an AV-specific question. What does your AV
>vendor recommend? Off the top of my head, I would think that Exchange
>stores and SQL Server database files should be excluded. That assumes you
>are running either of these, which you don't say.
> --
> Greg Stigers, MCSA
> remember to vote for the answers you like
>



Posted by Miha Pihler [MVP] on September 19, 2006, 2:51 pm
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Hi,

Here are few articles talking about this...

Guidelines for choosing antivirus software to run on the computers that are
running SQL Server
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309422

Virus scanning recommendations for computers that are running Windows Server
2003, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822158/

Overview of Exchange Server 2003 and antivirus software
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823166

--
Mike
Microsoft MVP - Windows Security

> the following few questions revolve around antivirus software
> configuration considerations on servers (2000/2003).
> I came accross an article on files/folders that should be excluded from a
> domain controller which raised other questions in my mind.
>
> what other services need special consideration?
> what other directories/files, if any, should be excluded from virus
> scanning (auto protect and scheduled sweep scans)?
>
> DNS?
> DHCP?
> WINS?
> etc..?
>
> any input is appreciated?
>



Posted by djc on September 19, 2006, 3:29 pm
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thanks. I'll check them out.

> Hi,
>
> Here are few articles talking about this...
>
> Guidelines for choosing antivirus software to run on the computers that
> are running SQL Server
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309422
>
> Virus scanning recommendations for computers that are running Windows
> Server 2003, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822158/
>
> Overview of Exchange Server 2003 and antivirus software
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823166
>
> --
> Mike
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Security
>
>> the following few questions revolve around antivirus software
>> configuration considerations on servers (2000/2003).
>> I came accross an article on files/folders that should be excluded from a
>> domain controller which raised other questions in my mind.
>>
>> what other services need special consideration?
>> what other directories/files, if any, should be excluded from virus
>> scanning (auto protect and scheduled sweep scans)?
>>
>> DNS?
>> DHCP?
>> WINS?
>> etc..?
>>
>> any input is appreciated?
>>
>
>



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