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    AVG with database on networked drive

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Patrick, Oct 2, 2008.

  1. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    So, I have a question. At my school the computers in the computer lab are all deep-frozen, which means that every time they restart all the changes made to them are lost. Right now were in the process of updating all the software on them, since both XP and CS3 are out of date. Were also contemplating installing AVG onto the computers to catch any virus's that are on flash drives that are plugged into them. My question is if its possible to have the definitions of the virus's on a networked drive so that they stay up-to-date, since the drive is not deep-frozen.
     
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    I think you shound read term usage on avg it free for personal you want to check eula

    also if you run deep freeze what matter any change something ran from flash drive shound be undone when reststart
     
  3. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    Buying AVG is not the problem, we have the funds to do that.

    And we want AVG installed alone with deep freeze because of situations like one were having right now. A kid brought in an infected flash drive and plugged it into the computer, which infected the computer. Now, the next person who plugs their flash drive into that computer gets infected, and so on and so on. That means that about 8 flash drives got infected off that one station. But what if someone with an infected drive plugs it into another computer? Then another 8 people get infected. Its gotten to the point where pretty much everyone in the class has the virus on their flashdrives.

    Theres really no way for it to be contained without an anti-virus program anymore.
     
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    so what problay if they run any thouse program or bad stuff thumb disk any change it did will be remove from enivoment as soon deep freezee reset back

    am sure you cound install avg install update network share then enable deep freeze
     
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    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    While deep freeze removes the virus from the computers, it does not deal with the virus's on the flash drives.

    And I was wondering if anyone had a definitive yes or no concerning the Network Drive AVG information.