On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 2:33 AM, André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote:
> Blachon, Philippe wrote: > >> Good morning, >> >> We have 4 identical servers with a scheduled task running every night on >> each of them. This task Stop Tomcat -> Update some data -> Start Tomcat. >> This worked fine for months. >> We have installed a new antivirus McAfee 3 weeks ago. Now the Tomcat7 >> service starts randomly. At least 1 of the 4 server needs a manual start of >> the Tomcat7 service every morning. >> >> Do you know if there is specifics problems between Tomcat and Mc Afee ? >> We have already tried to exclude Tomcat.exe from McAfee scanning. Is >> there other thing we could exclude without compromising the security ? >> >> Configuration: >> Windows server 2008 R2 Standard - SP1 >> Apache Tomcat 7.0.29 Server >> McAffee Agent 4.8.0.1500 >> Mcafee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8.04001 >> >> Thanks, have a nice day, >> Philippe Blachon. >> >> > Not a direct answer to your question, but maybe a bit of lateral and > logical thinking here : > > Why would one run a virus scanner permanently on a Tomcat server ? > Does the OP work in the government? My former employer had virus scanning software on every server. You couldn't get a server image without it. The answer to that question is really based on policy, if he works in government. Eventually, that server has the potential for getting a virus somehow from something or someone, and someone has to answer the question: "why wasn't there virus scanning software on the server?" Leo
