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| Subject: | Re: What should be protected with anti-virus software? |
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| Date: | Mon, 6 Feb 2006 17:49:59 +0100 |
On 2006-02-06 Mark P. Larios wrote:
Has the operations manager ever heard of an old friend called nimda perhaps? There are a vew nasty viruses which spread across networks via open ports.
These "viruses" are called worms, and A/V does not protect you from them (it can merely detect an already occurred infection, if anything). What protects you from worms is keeping your servers patched, not offering services you don't want to offer, and maybe IPS of some kind. Regards Ansgar Wiechers -- "All vulnerabilities deserve a public fear period prior to patches becoming available." --Jason Coombs on Bugtraq
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