Re: CA eTrust Anti-Virus Software on SBS Server?

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R-click the tray icon. If you have a choice called "Mail Options" the
Exchange scanner is installed. If you click it, the top of the first screen
will tell you if it's running. R-click the tray icon again and click
"Launch eTrust AV." In the resulting window, click View and see if there's
an Administrator's View. If you have the tray icon, the Mail Options menu
item, and the Administrator's View, you're good to go, except possibly for
patches as Al points out. If your client already has eTrust bought and paid
for, you might consider leaving it to see how it goes. I've had a lot less
issues with CA than my Trend-using friends report (which could be the far
greater market share enjoyed by Trend rather than any quality difference).

BTW, there's no difference in the local scanning component between servers
and desktops. The installer will just install the correct version based on
OS, but IIRC it includes all 2K and later in a single group. The server
would have the additional components of Exchange and Administrator console,
but the actual scanning part is the same.

If you go to admin view and can't see all the computers running eTrust in
the local subnet view, there's a patch you need for the XP boxes (related to
the win firewall). Administrator view will give you a list of the PCs
running eTrust and what signature level they're on, so you can see at a
glance that they're all working properly.


"David Elders" <david_elders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Neo,

So, in that case, would I be right in thinking that the correct way to do
this would be to install the Server portion, then the Admin client on the
Server and the Client on the Desktops? How can we tell what options have
been installed where? Is there a network installation file or would we
need the original CD for any future installs?

Thanks for the info.

David


"neo [mvp outlook]" <neo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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We use this version and the eTrust product installs as a client or
server. (its kinda like Symantec Antivirus where you pick the option
during install. In this case, eTrust can be a Client, Admin Client, or
Server.)


"David Elders" <david_elders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi all,

Haven't ever dealt with CA's software to date - are discussing taking
over a customer with an existing SBS 2000 network [really badly set-up]
and the Server appears to have the above software installed. I'm
concerned that their previous IT provider *may* have installed a
standalone client version of AV on this box but would appreciate it if
anyone with more experience could confirm this for us.

In Add/Remove Programs, its noted as 'CA eTrust Antivirus'
Within the program itself, about eTrust Antivirus shows 'Version
7.1.192' and 'License: Client'
Certainly, no exclusions appeared to have been made for the real-time
scanning which is obviously a bad thing...

We've already recommended to them that SBS 2003 is the way to go and
we've recommended Trend [that being the product we have experience in]
for their AV needs.

The CA site is a little vague although there appears to be an
SBS-specific product for Server/Desktop/Laptops [which I'm aware they're
pushing hard to the SmallBusinessSpecialist Community at present]. Just
looking to confirm primarily if this is indeed a Client version or if it
is Client/Server?

Thanks in advance for any pointers.

Cheers,


David









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