What I do in this scenario is put laptop users in their own group within the
virus server management console (Symantec Corp. Edition) and allow the client
to manually launch live update.
When they are on the road or at home and connected to the Internet the updates
will install on their laptops.
I wasn't aware that virus software (Symantec in my case) would not install
virus definitions on behalf of the user. The virus software is installed under
an administrator account so you would think the virus defs would also install
under the same elevated privileges. I haven't run into this problem with any
of my users.
Thanks
AD
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe George [mailto:j.george@conservation.org]
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 3:33 PM
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: RE: Symantec LiveUpdate and User Rights on Win2000
Sorry, I should have provided more details. We do indeed have a centralized
managed server providing updates. The problem is when, a client (say one with
a laptop) leaves the office, their updates aren't being regularly pushed.
Without liveupdate ability while under user rights, this is extremely
troublesome for those who will be on travel for longer than 2-3 weeks (which is
often the case here).
Thanks for your prompt input, Anthony.
Best regards,
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: Bundschuh, Anthony D [mailto:ANTHONY.D.BUNDSCHUH@saic.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 3:26 PM
To: 'Joe George'; Bundschuh, Anthony D; security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: RE: Symantec LiveUpdate and User Rights on Win2000
You could setup a Symantec Central server. The users would not be able to
do live update, but the server would push out updates.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe George [mailto:j.george@conservation.org]
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:18 PM
To: Bundschuh, Anthony D; security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: RE: Symantec LiveUpdate and User Rights on Win2000
We do not want them to have power user rights either.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bundschuh, Anthony D [mailto:ANTHONY.D.BUNDSCHUH@saic.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 3:13 PM
To: 'Joe George'; security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: RE: Symantec LiveUpdate and User Rights on Win2000
You can add the users to the power users group. Power users can install
virus definitions.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe George [mailto:j.george@conservation.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 9:56 AM
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: FW: Symantec LiveUpdate and User Rights on Win2000
Greetings all,
We are currently in the process of removing Administrative rights from end
users. As you may already know, when someone logs in with only User rights,
they are no longer able to install AV definitions through the LiveUpdate
feature. This is one of the most crucial things we'd like our clients to be
able to access in case they are on travel or working remotely. A
Trojan/virus has less of a chance of being initialized under user rights,
but it is important that the user be able to maintain the definitions if
needed. Is there a tweak out there?
Thanks in advance.
Best Regards,
Joe George
IT Analyst
Conservation International
