Identifying and Avoiding Fake Anti-Virus Programs
One of the biggest threats to your computer comes when you land on a web site containing a fake anti-virus warning. These sites try to trick you into installing a …
Help! My Yahoo / Hotmail / Facebook Was Hacked!
In the last few weeks the personal accounts of at least four of my acquaintances have been hacked. As you may have experienced, when your friend’s account is hacked, you …
SBS 2008 Antivirus Exclusions
SBS does so many things that there are lots of antivirus exclusions to make. Starting from my old SBS 2003 list, and working through the extensive research in this post, …
NOD32 Error Downloading File from Update Server – retval 0x1105
I’m running ESET Remote Administrator (ERA) 3.0.105 as an update mirror on a Win2003 R2 server. There are six NOD32 3.0.684.0 clients that connect to that server (including one client …
Excluding HTTP Sites from NOD32 Version 3.0
I’m running NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition version 3.0.684.0. Zenith Infotech monitoring sometimes downloads files that trip NOD32’s HTTP filter (e.g. SpyBot and BitDefender executables). Zenith recommends excluding “update.itsupport247.net” from antivirus …
Remove Phantom Antivirus from Vista WMI Repository
Problem In testing Spiceworks today, I discovered that a Vista machine was reporting that it had two antivirus products installed. Even after following the instructions Manually uninstalling the Client/Server Security …
ESET Remote Administrator (ERA) Event ID 502: Update Failed
Symptom I’m running running ESET Remote Administrator 2.0.56. After upgrading from the trial to the purchased version, I started receiving the event below in my Application Event Log. Source: ERA …
Comparing NOD32 2.7 to Trend Client-Server 3.6
A response to my previous blog post asked a fair question: what sets NOD32 apart or even on par with Trend Client-Server Messaging? I decided that I would do some …
Comparing NOD32 Version 2.7 to Version 3.0
Version 2.7: The Fine Print As I mentioned in the updates to my previous blog post, after encountering some issues with NOD32 version 3.0, and on the advice of experienced NOD32 …
Setting Up ESET NOD32 Antivirus 3.0 Business Edition on SBS 2003
Yet Another Antivirus Program The time had come to renew my antivirus program. I decided instead to try one that I’ve been reading good things about on some Yahoo forums: …