NAV corporate 7.6 unmanaged client signature update question

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We use Norton Antivirus corporate 7.6 in our office and have 1
unmanaged client on a laptop that one of our managers has at home most
of the time. While all managed clients get updated virus definitions
regularly from the server, the 1 unmanaged client does not. There does
not seem to be any way to have it auto update (as the retail version
does) and i cannot find anything to this effect in the documentation.
Does anyone know if there is a way to do this? This guy never
remembers to do the live update himself (i doubt he even remembers
how) and i am concerned since his signature file is always way out of
date.
Thanks for any assistance.

 

[Ruster]

Why is the user unmanaged? Does the notebook stay mainly at home? I have
users who have notebooks. I use a login script to make sure they are up to
date, plus I have NAV update every hour (we got burned by a virus once
because the virus came in before we updated).

 

[Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása]

Why is the user unmanaged? Does the notebook stay mainly at home? I have
users who have notebooks. I use a login script to make sure they are up to
date, plus I have NAV update every hour (we got burned by a virus once
because the virus came in before we updated).

yes, i rarely see the laptop here in the office, even when i request
it to patch and update virus signatures. that is why i was trying to
find an alternate solution so it could auto update. i have a feeling
that it is not possible, though.

 

[Per Münster]

I do this the same way. Clients that are almost never in office are
unmanaged. Therefor they can do their own update via a home connection. You
can then schedule the update frequence directly in the mail-program, or you
can from www.sarc.com download the updatefile. This is however mostly for
technicians.

The secure solution is: 1) have a hosted virus-wall (The hosted I use is a
Trend Micro), 2) Next level is - if there is a mail-server - another type
antivirus (this one runs a Norton Antivirus for mail-servers) and 3) Third
level is on the workstation it self - this one is Norton like the on on the
mail server and therefor it is not a real 3th level, because it catches no
new patterns and is similarly updated, but it covers alternative input, that
does not pass the mail server and finaly 4) The 4th level is the users
ability to spot out odd looking mails. It takes som time of practise and
advisory, but it is an important layer, that may catch if all other steps
fail.

I recommend a security, that is on independent systems. This may for the
time being save some trouble. In future though, I would be somewhat
concerned on what this may lead to.

Regards

Per

 

[John Jones]

i have a feeling
that it is not possible, though.

Can you set him up with a VPN connection? I'm able to update the NAV
CE software on PC's in my home office when I connect to the network at
work. No login to the "update server" required, the CE software finds
it on its own.

John Jones, Detroit