NOD32 on server KILLS ActiveSync

I have a MS Small Business Server 2003 with SP 1 and Exchange Server running SP 2. On 1/8/2005 apparently an update was sent out that killed ActiveSync on Exchange. After around 12 hours on the phone with product support we decided to disable NOD32. To our surprise, ActiveSync worked fine. Reenabling it immediately killed activesync. I then just disabled IMON. Activesync worked fine. The sync from the client is using ActiveSync 4.1 and the phone is a K-JAM with Windows Mobile 5. Note that we are not running ActiveSync on the server, but using the ActiveSync features of Exchange SP 2 for push email.

Any thoughts on this is appreciated. I want IMON running again to protect the system.

Charles

 

Sorry, I do not know that much about Exchange Server, but...

Do you know the name of the executable involved? You may be able to set up an exclusion for it in IMON --> Setup --> Miscellaneous --> Exclsusion --> Edit.

 

Activesync is possibly not compatible with IMON on a server, which IMON by default would normally be not loaded on a server (grey icon, not red) although at workstation level I have no issue with compatability.

During the install process on a server, NOD32 makes it adequately clear that it is disabled on a server operating system by default.
HTH

 

I guess I do not understand why you would run a server with out IMON to protect the server.

The activesync part of Exchange - I do not know if that is a seperate exe or not. I know it has worked until the 8th so presume some update caused the issue.

 

IMON may cause serious problems on servers due to the way it works (as LSP at Winsock level). It's not even a part of NOD32 for Exchange !

 

So what is protecting the server itself if IMON does not work?

 

AMON.

Cheers

 

Basically IMON is point of entry protection - an added bonus to the protection already being provided by AMON.