There is an antivirus product for the mainframe which I have used in the past. While it does not check the mainframe for viruses, per se, it does scan mainframe email and filter viruses out. Check out:
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Trend+Micro+First+to+Announce+Mainframe+Vi rus+Protection%3B+Leading...-a020770290 http://www.trendmicro.com/us/boxes/lightboxes/20111202082421.html Greg Killian @ work Washington State Department of Transportation 310 Maple Park Ave SE P.O. Box 47427 Olympia, WA 98504-7427 360-705-7670 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 11:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Malicious Software Protection True. For users which have RACF SPECIAL, a WTOR is written to the z/OS console. Of course, in our shop, nobody monitors the z/OS consoles. And the shop is totally "dark" on the weekends. Naturally, I have a very weird way to do something about this. Which I will not document or tell to anyone. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
