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Crossplatform virus scanner for Exchange

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by allister

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Does anyone know of a virus scanner or set of virus scanners that will work in a multiplatform environment where both PCs and Mac use Exchange 2000 as the common mail host for internal e-mail and Internet mail. The scanner(s) need to be able to scanand quarantine e-mail to and from clients on both OS and ideally keep themselves up to date with virus signatures automatically.

The Exchange 2000 software runs on a Win 2000 advanced server which is hosted on a dedicated machine in the DMZ behind a firewall.

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by [_rick_>

Instead of a client side scanner, use one that sits on the server. There are several packages available that will sit ont eh Exchange Server and montior all messages coming into and leaving the server itself.

Some of the more common are:
Trend Antivirus
Symantec
Antigen

All have auto updating and will even allow you to block attachments from your system.

You may also want to look into a Anti-Virus Firewall, one that sits between your internal enviroment and the Internet. Such a device can either be an appliance or a software package. This device will aid in preventing malicious code from email messages and http pages from entering your environment.

The desktop solution will protect the desktop and is recommended, but you should also protect the network and doing so can only be done with the above mentioned areas.

Good luck.

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