[WEB4LIB] Re: do public PCs with Deep Freeze still need virus

[Avi Janssen]

The problem would be getting an updated virus definition list.  Since Deep
Freeze essentially "write protects" the hard drive, your virus definition
list will always be out of date.  Either that, or you'd have to reboot &
turn Deep Freeze off, update the virus definition list, and then reboot &
turn Deep Freeze on.
We are about to face the same issue.  We have Norton Corporate Edition which
updates automatically, so I think I will just leave it alone and let it
update automatically everyday.
Avi

Avi Janssen
Director of Information Services
Spertus Institute for Jewish Studies
618 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL  60605
voice: 312-322-1736
fax: 312-922-6406
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From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Julia Schult
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 10:18 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: do public PCs with Deep Freeze still need virus


Deep Freeze will fix the machine, but only when you restart it.  Therefore,
if
a person gets a virus on the machine and other people use it (with a floppy
or
to send a file) before the problem is noticed, they may spread the virus.  I
keep Norton AntiVirus on our machines, but am lax about updating it because
Deep Freeze will prevent the worst problems and hardly anyone is using
removable devices in our machines.  (Also, NAV is not causing any problems
on
our machines.)  If your machines are used for both email and word
processing, I
would say you need to keep standard virus protection going as well as using
Deep Freeze.

p.s. I've said this before, but Deep Freeze is a *great* product that has
cut
my troubleshooting time way down!

---Julia E. Schult
Access/Electronic Services Librarian
Elmira College
Jschult at elmira.edu

Donna Stewart wrote:

> We're in the process of configuring PCs for a new public lab, and we're
> having the usual problems getting McAfee (for which the university has a
> site license) to behave with MSOffice products.  I just ran across this
> message from a few weeks ago:
>
> >>> from Jeanne Heicher 09/13/00 06:13AM >>>
> "We use Deep Freeze... It doesn't matter what patrons do at the
> station anymore, and this includes putting a virus on the machine-
> just reboot, and it's gone again."
>
> Is this the general consensus?  We're going to be using Deep Freeze for
the
> first time on these machines.  Do we need to use a virus scanner too, or
> will Deep Freeze really take care of any damage that could be done?  Seems
> too good to be true.
>
> thanks in advance
> Donna Stewart
> Cleveland State University Library
> d.stewart at csuohio.edu

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