And lo on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:27:51 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

> scott wrote:
>>>>> Also, the new AV software we're rolling out is configured to look  
>>>>> for updates once per hour. Seriously. Once per hour. I don't know  
>>>>> about Trend, but Symantec only release updates weekly. Daily if  
>>>>> there's a serious outbreak. Hourly update checks?? Are you mental?!
>>>>
>>>> Except you may not know when it gets released. A new virus is found,  
>>>> the AV boys crank out an update at 13:00; but you don't get it until  
>>>> 23:00 'cos that's when you've set your system to check for updates.  
>>>> You're vulnerable for 4 hours
>>>
>>> Ooo, 4 hours. Big deal...
>>>
>>> [I would think it takes a tad more than 4 hours for the AV company to  
>>> even notice there's a new virus spreading, much less perform an  
>>> extensive analysis and write a fix.
>>  A virus can do a lot of damage to a company in 4 hours...
>
> Yes. But if the updates only appear once every 24 hours, doing zillions  
> of update checks per day is really quite futile.

"Except you may not know when it gets released."

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Phil Cook

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