[FX.php List] [OFF] Antivirus software on a Windows web server?

[Tim 'Webko' Booth]

>From my reading over the years - AV software is not a bad idea, so long as
you can _exclude_ the FileMaker Server directories - there have been issues
with the AV scans causing FMS to think the file has been tampered with...


On 1 June 2016 at 05:20, Leo R. Lundgren <leo at finalresort.org> wrote:

> Check out Microsoft EMET.
>
> Also check out Tavis Ormandy's work on showing the insecurities of having
> AV software. Depending on your attack surface and threat model it's not
> always the right thing to install in the first place.
>
> Regards, Leo
>
>
> 31 maj 2016 kl. 20:49 skrev Joel Shapiro <info at jsfmp.com>:
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > I’ve got a client that’s just created a brand new Windows Server 2012 VM
> to act exclusively as a ‘vanilla' web server (no FileMaker components
> installed).
> >
> > They’ve asked me if they should install antivirus software on it.
> Googling returns a mixed response.  What do y’all think?
> >
> > Thanks very much,
> > -Joel
> >
> >
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