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basa
Thu 13th Jan '05, 6:59pm
I am looking for an antivirus solution for my new Windows box. I already have Symantec AV Enterprice, which I can use, but I wonder if there are any known issues or things I should watch out in regards to anti-virus and VB.

Same for the firewall, any ports that I should know to leave open?

Thanks in advance,
AWS
Thu 13th Jan '05, 11:02pm
Leave 80 for http, 21 for ftp, 25 for smtp, 110 for pop open. I run Norton Enterprise and RAS and I never had a problem.
basa
Fri 14th Jan '05, 5:39pm
Leave 80 for http, 21 for ftp, 25 for smtp, 110 for pop open. I run Norton Enterprise and RAS and I never had a problem.

Thanks, do you use use windows IPsec firewalling options? I was playing around with it today and I couldn't surf the web from my test box. What do you use RAS for?
AWS
Fri 14th Jan '05, 5:46pm
I use Routing and Remote Access to setup firewall rules.
basa
Sat 15th Jan '05, 12:07am
I use Routing and Remote Access to setup firewall rules.

That's a new one for me... how do you do that?
AWS
Sat 15th Jan '05, 2:24am
Start > Administation Tools > Routing and Remote Access.
Read the help files they will explain everything you need to know to only allow the traffic you want.
basa
Tue 18th Jan '05, 10:56pm
Start > Administation Tools > Routing and Remote Access.
Read the help files they will explain everything you need to know to only allow the traffic you want.

Thanks, though I don't see how that would control web access to your box. I'll have to read the help files.

Question on the AV, since you use Symantec - what exceptions did you put, if any?
basa
Tue 18th Jan '05, 11:07pm
Start > Administation Tools > Routing and Remote Access.
Read the help files they will explain everything you need to know to only allow the traffic you want.

Thanks, though I don't see how that would control web access to your box. I'll have to read the help files.

Question on the AV, since you use Symantec - what exceptions did you put, if any?
AWS
Tue 18th Jan '05, 11:16pm
None. Read the help files it will explain how to create firewall rules. Also, if you have standard or enterprise versions you can enable Windows firewall.
basa
Wed 19th Jan '05, 9:40am
None. Read the help files it will explain how to create firewall rules. Also, if you have standard or enterprise versions you can enable Windows firewall.

I'm using windows firewall now, I figured that would do for a while. I'm hesitant to use the 3rd party ones like 8signs....

Thanks for the answer on SAV. I thought you might have to exclude mysql directories like you should exclude exchange databases.