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AVG scanning on Terminal Server

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by cccondo

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We have AVG 8.5 installed on a Terminal Server. It runs scans everyday at 3am like we set it however when our clients log on remotely to the TS of a morning it starts scanning again, does anyone know why!?

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by older mycroft

If it's been set up to scan anything it comes in contact with, including external resources.

Any antivirus program ain't worth its salt if it only scans local drives at a preset time each day - what security is it providing the rest of the day?

For instance, Avast! informs me if I go anywhere near an infected online site. It couldn't do that if it only scanned my systems once per day.

Typo

by cccondo

It supplies a firewall and anti-phishing filter and all that jazz! Its a full suite!

by older mycroft

Sorry, but if you are emphasising the point that it is a full security suite, why are you asking what it is doing when clients log in?

I'd have been more likely to expect the question had it [b]NOT[/b] been doing anything when the clients logged in. ;)

by cccondo

and no we don't want it scanning every time we log in remotely cause its a pain the arse and its already scanning early in the morning anyway, however we cant find the option to stop it!

by older mycroft

You ought to consider my Post again ...

[i]"Any antivirus program [b]ain't worth its salt if it only scans local drives at a preset time each day[/b] - what security is it providing the rest of the day?"[/i]

Perhaps I should have worded it "what security [u]WOULD[/u] it be providing the rest of the day? [if it sat motionless]"

My comment was rhetorical. ;)

by cccondo

its not like you can tell that kind shit over forums! Are you savvy with outlook 07 at all?

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