RE: Any problems using Anti Virus software?

Turn off file and print sharing, make sure IE is set to "Work Offline" if installed, and possibly stop remote RPC (I think!), and make sure the box is behind your corporate firewall and not directly accessible from the Internet. Use a port scanner to make sure the standard Windohs security hole ports are closed. This *should* help with the majority of the Windohs viruses and worms around. Of course the best method is to have the DB on a non-Windohs machine, but I know this isn't always considered a viable option for many shops.

HTH. GL! Rich

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of David Sharples Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 9:52 AM
To: rlsmith_at_kmg.com
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Subject: Re: Any problems using Anti Virus software?

yes.

If the virus software has a control file or a datafile open and then oracle tries to write to it.

Bang! instance shutdown, no more database

On 8/29/05, Smith, Ron L. <rlsmith_at_kmg.com> wrote:
> Are there any known problems using Antivirus software on a Windows
> database server?

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