On 10 16 07 9:09 AM, "Stu Duncan" <email@hidden> wrote:
Using no antivirus software is not an option in our environment.
Servers should be an exception to this, since they should be
running only serving software.
I think it depends exactly on what the issue is.
If you are a mail server some kind of scanning of passing email seems
entirely in order and is why clamav is present.
Yep. That's software which doesn't care about the software on the
server itself, it just scans the email messages the server handles.
I consider this part of the email system itself, not an independent
piece of AV software.
If it's scanning home folders that may also be in order
But you'll be running AV software on the client computers anyway
(because the users have files which aren't part of their home
folders, e.g. Flash drives). And that software might as well scan
home folders too. So there's no need to run AV software on the
server itself.
Simon
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