Re: 64 bit security software

Hi Bruce,

On Thursday 21 July 2005 21:01, Bruce Satow wrote:

> Will there be security software available on the campus software site
> specific to the upcoming 64 bit systems? For example, WinXP64? Most

I've appended an excerpt from the Readme file on the 64-bit support in
SCS 3.0.1 which is currently available from the Software web.
Presumably Symantec will be adding more support for security products
over time for these newer platforms, as will Microsoft themselves.

--Karl

Karl Grose
IST-WSS

======= [from the SCS 3.0.1 Readme] =======
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64-bit support
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Antivirus client is the only feature that is supported
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The antivirus client provides antivirus and security risk protection for
clients and servers, and is the only feature supported for this release.
All other components, products, and tools are not supported.

LiveUpdate is the only virus definitions files update method supported
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LiveUpdate is the only virus definitions files update method supported.
All other update methods, including the Virus Definition Transport
Method, are not supported.

Managing 64-bit clients with the Symantec System Center
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To manage 64-bit clients with the Symantec System Center, configure
the client settings so that the clients do not receive automatic
virus definitions updates. The easiest way to configure the
client settings is to configure a client group and place your 64-bit
clients in this group. You can rely on users to click LiveUpdate, or
you can set a LiveUpdate schedule for the group by using the Symantec
System Center.

To manage 64-bit clients with the Symantec System Center:
1. Create a client group.
2. Right-click the client group.
3. Uncheck Inherit settings from Server Group.
4. Right-click the client group, and then select All Tasks > Symantec
   AntiVirus > Virus Definition Manager.
5. In the Virus Definition Manager dialog box, uncheck Update virus
   definitions from parent server.
6. Do one or both of the following:
   o Uncheck Do not allow client to manually launch LiveUpdate.
   o Check Schedule client for automatic updates using
      LiveUpdate, click Schedule, specify a schedule, and then click OK.
7. Click OK.
   
   After you install 64-bit client software, drag the client computers
   into this client group.

Side effects repair limitations
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64-bit antivirus clients support side effect repair only for 32-bit
viruses and security risks that have infected the WOW64 portions of the
64-bit operating systems on AMD(R)/64 and EM64T hardware. 64-bit
antivirus clients do not currently support the repair of 64-bit viruses
and security risks on the 64-bit native operating system facilities
outside of WOW64 on AMD/64 and EM64T hardware.
=======

> of the 32 bit Windows apps run fine under XP64, but most of the
> security apps do not.

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Received on Fri Jul 22 11:30:10 2005