Should potentially unwanted/unsafe be enabled on server?

[slyder]

Hi,
Should potentially unwanted/unsafe application scanning be enabled on servers?

[ASpace]

They can all be enabled if you want to . However if you use some tools that may be detected you will need to disable the detection for them .

I think this is OK for an average server ;)

[YeOldeStonecat]

I wouldn't...if this is a production server and you know it's clean from the start.

[ASpace]

{QUOTE-> I wouldn't...if this is a production server and you know it's clean from the start. <-QUOTE}

For the "unsafe applications" I agree . However ESET clasifies some toolbars and related things as "unwanted applications" , not adware/riskware . I once found a nasty toolbar on a client's machine which ,I think, turned out to be classified not as an adware but was detected by NOD only if "unwanted applications" is enabled .

The attachments I placed is really the default configuration for AMON which ESET offers so I think it will be of no problem to servers

[YeOldeStonecat]

{QUOTE-> I once found a nasty toolbar on a client's machine which ,I think, turned out to be classified not as an adware but was detected by NOD only if "unwanted applications" is enabled . <-QUOTE}

Whoever was surfing the web from a server and installing toolbars should be kept faaaaar away from ever getting near servers again.

Server admin should be observant enough to notice a toolbar on the server before an AV product could pick it up.

[Cosmo32]

{QUOTE-> Whoever was surfing the web from a server and installing toolbars should be kept faaaaar away from ever getting near servers again.

Server admin should be observant enough to notice a toolbar on the server before an AV product could pick it up. <-QUOTE}

YeOldeStonecat,
I do not have the training, or, the knowledge, but I'm slowly gaining some experience with "server." I suspect I may be far too paranoid to play in current IT, BUT, I do completely agree with your quote (above)! If for no other reason than the stuff I've seen since 1995 as a PC user on the WWW. Thank you for your direct candor.

HiTechBoy,
No harm, no foul! I suppose this really speaks to just what you choose to allow your downstream clients to potentially deal with. I just do not know, as a noob Admin. To me, "full blanket" is a great start. Until I know that "it" is safe for everyone else, would I think about letting it loose on the lan.
Best,
Duncan

[ASpace]

{QUOTE-> Whoever was surfing the web from a server and installing toolbars should be kept faaaaar away from ever getting near servers again <-QUOTE}

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