The eTrust SigCheck.exe utility
DaleCA eTrust has a utility called “SigCheck.exe”. It’s purpose is to display the current version of the eTrust anti-virus definition which is on the local PC. From a command line,…
eTrust command line utilities
asutil.exe Imports subnet information into the ITM Server database. compver.exe Displays the version of all installed components. eavdisc.exe Causes a “free election” discovery to occur on the local subnet. eAVreprt.exe…
How to select a good anti-virus product
Well, if you didn’t receive emails with viruii attached, or surf to “dubious” websites, you wouldn’t get infected. For the rest of us, we would be looking at either Microsoft…
SMS 2003 Server running slow, check your AV exclusions.
We had a problem with one of our SMS servers today, it was not processing DDR records. All 19,000+ of them. After some investigation, a co-worker found it was a…
eTrust AntiVirus, and directories / processes you should exclude from scanning.
Computer Associates used to recommend excluding particular processes and directories from eTrust anti-virus scanning. This, I found, was very important with Microsoft SQL Server, as it would cause a significant…
The Microsoft Loopback Adapter, NT4 & Windows 7.
Reading a Microsoft blog post recently, I was reminded of a customer request from late 2002. The emailed request was something like this: Had to use the generic Win NT4…
How to debug CA eTrust’s INO_FLTR.SYS
With eTrust 8, those pack of clowns at Computer Associates seem to think it’s a good idea to distribute eTrust Anti-virus system file updates via the automated virus signature update…