Stop the madness
Over the years it has become more and more difficult to keep up with the virus naming schemes of various vendors. Blaster, Welchia, Wachovia, oh wait not that last one. And then you have the varient...
View ArticleUsing Sybari? Check your Scanallattachments setting
Sybari (or is that Microsoft) sent out a security bulleting relating to WMF viruses. They are calling it WMF/Exploit.b, Alias: Exploit-WMF trojan, Exploit.Win32.IMG-WMF.a, Troj/DownLdr-QB But most...
View ArticleKaspersky Update befowls Exchange with Sybari
This morning at 11:40 our Exchange 2003 server updated the kaspersky antivirus scan engine. That is part of Microsoft (Sybari) Antigen. A few minutes later I began receiving emails about a scantime...
View ArticleSymantec’s IMLogic Acquisition 5 months later
Its 5 months since Symantec bought IMLogic. When it first occurred I wrote an anguished cry predicting woe. Lets take inventory and see what has happened. IMlogic IMmanager 8 was released the last few...
View ArticleAlex is having a temper tantrum
Alex over at Sunbelt Software blog is having a temper tantrum over what he terms the predatory pricing of Microsoft Onecare and Frontbridge. Image what he’d be saying if they were giving it away as...
View ArticleUpgrading Symantec IM Manager
I spent most of my Saturday upgrading Symantec (IMLogic) IMManager. We have two servers running that, one acts as a proxy for public IM traffic and the other looks at LCS traffic. Prior to implementing...
View ArticleSymantec IM Manager Upgrade
This afternoon I upgraded Symantec IM Manager from 8.0.12 to 8.1.4. I needed to upgrade to allow the new Live Messenger 8.1 client to work. IM Manager 8.1 is a different code branch than 8.0, but I...
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Symantec so done with Antigen
Regular readers of my blog know that one of my many duties at work is to administrate what was once known as IMLogic (now known as Symantec IM Manager). I’ve complained loudly and frequently here ever...
View ArticleSymantec buys MessageLabs
Symantec buys MessageLabs the leader in email security. Press release is here. I was just talking to my old sales rep last week about ML on the market. It seemed to me that MessageLabs sold its ISP...
View ArticleCan MessageLabs improve Symantec Antivirus
I rescued an old comment from Akismet (the spam filter I’m using on the blog) because it asked a interesting question. How can Symantec’s acquisition of MessageLabs improve their desktop antivirus. My...
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