--On Tuesday, September 14, 2004 20:59:43 -0400 "Eric W. Bates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It's a small store. Folks with broken computers bring the machines in because "It doesn't work". They usually don't know what is wrong with any given machine; and they try to be careful (remove the hard drive and attempt to clean it first); but eventually there is a need to put the machine on line and try to update Norton's virus list.
Befoe bringing it on-line, why not mount the disk on a FreeBSD machine and run ClamAV over all the files? It's not guaranteed to catch everything; but it should at least reduce the window.
You could also consider setting it up so that the initial reconnection is on a separate cable going through a firewall that -only- allows the connections necessary to update the Norton virus list. Once it is updated, unplug it from the network, run the virus check, and only then plug it into your main LAN.
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