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Jez
30-05-2002, 10:08
We've got a computer virus going round at work and all the NT servers have been shutdown...

Nothing to do now - woo hoo!!! :D :)
SHELLAC
30-05-2002, 10:20
Bloody wires!
theyre everywhere!
Wiring schedules haunt me in my sleep!
AshT_200
30-05-2002, 10:33
Originally posted by Jez
We've got a computer virus going round at work and all the NT servers have been shutdown...

Nothing to do now - woo hoo!!! :D :)

You could always install a decent Antivirus product ;) :D :p
JackaL
30-05-2002, 10:36
Originally posted by Jez
We've got a computer virus going round at work and all the NT servers have been shutdown...

Nothing to do now - woo hoo!!! :D :)

Not the big 16xPIII Xeon beastie I'm looking after, it's still as healthy as the day it was born :) :D
Jezz_S13
30-05-2002, 10:50
No one has complained here yet. :)
Chris_Lacey
30-05-2002, 10:53
Which virus mate?

We have had the hilarious Klez-G recently...
Jez
30-05-2002, 11:56
not sure what virus it is yet, they've not said.

All our Exchange servers and most of the file servers have been shutdown though.

Oh well - pub time soon!!! :)
chrispritchard2000
30-05-2002, 12:07
Go on then whos got the fastest most powerful computer,
beat mine:- pentium 433 mhz with 32 meg of ram

shocking:o :eek:
AshT_200
30-05-2002, 12:17
Originally posted by Jez

All our Exchange servers and most of the file servers have been shutdown though.


Those outlook / exchange viruses don't affect our Notes Servers :p
Bean
30-05-2002, 12:21
Well, that'll teach you for using crappy Microsoft Email software.

We use Eudora here, had no problems!!! :p
Jez
30-05-2002, 12:24
im going to get flamed but I think outlook / exchange is pretty good actually. A lot better to use than note (as a user, that is)
Bean
30-05-2002, 12:27
Originally posted by Jez
im going to get flamed but I think outlook / exchange is pretty good actually. A lot better to use than note (as a user, that is)

You sleeping with Bill Gates? ;)

:p :p :p :p :p :p
Nathan_200sx
30-05-2002, 13:01
Nobody here use good old fashioned sendmail? solid as a rock. my linux mailserver has has an uptime of 436 days :D (touch wood) it also runs the dns, samba server, L users home accounts, intranet web server, with just a lil ole P2 350 and half a gig of ram. still runs fast as fu** plus I have ttysnoop running if I feel like amusing myself at the expense of the L users by adding extra caracters while theyre typing :D:D
I think you'll find that it's not a virus just a "feature" of NT to unexplanably shut down or blue screen :D
AshT_200
30-05-2002, 13:12
436 Days? We had an NT based Oracle server up for over 2 years without a reboot. We actually forget where the damn thing was when we wanted to decommission it. :D

Jez, you're right, as a user for email, (Outlook / Exchange) is better than Notes (For Email) But for everything else....... Notes beats it hands down. :p
Leon
30-05-2002, 13:12
What virus is this?
I think we might have it here...
or certainly A virus
Nathan_200sx
30-05-2002, 13:28
Originally posted by antmcp
436 Days? We had an NT based Oracle server up for over 2 years without a reboot. We actually forget where the damn thing was when we wanted to decommission it. :D

Jez, you're right, as a user for email, (Outlook / Exchange) is better than Notes (For Email) But for everything else....... Notes beats it hands down. :p
I had to shut it down when we moved from upstairs to downstairs or Im sure it would be till up ;)
Chris_Lacey
30-05-2002, 13:35
We have a VMS server that hasn't gone down is 1287 days....

Our best other server is the payroll machine on NT4, 8months..
andyf
30-05-2002, 14:13
Uptime over 20 days? pfft.. your server team aren't doing their job properly then ;)
Jez
30-05-2002, 14:17
its all working again... boo!! :(

dunno what the problem was though... I dont do servers any more...
matt_j
30-05-2002, 15:54
so hey ok heres a question regarding decent anti virus programs...

here at work they use "PC -Cillin", who the feck makes this, how good is it and who else uses it? what other stuff is avaiable and how good is it in stopping **** happening?

heh, bear with my inferior computer knowledge;)
Bean
30-05-2002, 16:28
Originally posted by matt_j
so hey ok heres a question regarding decent anti virus programs...

here at work they use "PC -Cillin", who the feck makes this, how good is it and who else uses it? what other stuff is avaiable and how good is it in stopping **** happening?

heh, bear with my inferior computer knowledge;)

I've tested a lot of AntiVirus programs and reckon Norton is one of the best.

A few others worth a mention are InnoculateIT, Command Antivirus & Sophos.
RichardM
30-05-2002, 17:05
I picked up Panda AV, on a recommendation from the long absent JohnD76
andyf
30-05-2002, 17:07
I use Network Associates' Total Virus Defence. It has a nice management console.
Leon
30-05-2002, 17:08
I thought InnoculateIT was dead?

Personally wouldn't recommend Norton.
The number of people I know who have it, update regularly and still get floored...