C0195@UNIVSCVM.BITNET (Gregory E. Gilbert) (12/08/89)
Is there any freeware that will provide virus protection when using a
network such as AppleShare or TOPS? I know SAM will work fine. Will
Gatekeeper or Vaccine provide adequate protection? Will Disinfectant
provide adequate diagnosing capabilities?
Greg
Postal address: Gregory E. Gilbert
Computer Services Division
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina USA 29208
(803) 777-6015
Acknowledge-To: <C0195@UNIVSCVM>chrisj@cs.utexas.edu (Chris Johnson) (12/09/89)
C0195@UNIVSCVM.BITNET (Gregory E. Gilbert) writes: >Is there any freeware that will provide virus protection when using a >network such as AppleShare or TOPS? I know SAM will work fine. Will >Gatekeeper or Vaccine provide adequate protection? Will Disinfectant >provide adequate diagnosing capabilities? Gatekeeper will work fine - just install it on all your machines. 'Makes no difference what sort of file server (if any) that you use. If Gatekeeper sees an attack taking place, it stops it - no matter what sort of volume the attacker is stored on. This is equally true of SAM and Vaccine, but I wouldn't recommend Vaccine. Vaccine requires (1) that your machine is only used by highly skilled users/ programmers, i.e. people who always know how to respond to the Granted/Denied queries and (2) that the viruses be very simple - Vaccine's protections are minimal compared to Gatekeeper (and I'm currently working on further extending Gatekeeper's protections.) I hope this helps, - ----Chris (Johnson) - ----Author of Gatekeeper - ----chrisj@emx.utexas.edu