How to use Symantec Scan Engine 5.2 content scanning technologies for direct integration with your applications or devices
One of the "best hidden secrets" in Symantes's portfolio is likely the Symantec Scan Engine. This product emerged many years ago from our integration work with large Internet carriers to provide a high-scalable, high-performance antivirus scan engine, that was easy to integrate into any kind of third party application and devices.
How do I Create a Crash / Mini Dump manually for Windows based systems using Dr. Watson?
To enable Minidumps / Crash Dumps in Windows XP using Dr. Watson, follow the process given below: Go to START > RUN and type "drwtsn32" (without the quotes) at the prompt and click "OK". This will open the Dr. Watson utility. Apply the following settings: Crash Dump Type: Mini
How to Disable AutoPlay feature to prevent Virus spreading using this feature.
Title : How to Disable AutoPlay feature to prevent Virus spreading using this feature. Cause : Most of the Malware and worm uses autorun feature of windows to Spread & launch to your machine. Solution : - Go to Start and Run - Type gpedit.msc - Click Ok - This will open a new group policy window.
My Security Story
I work for a small technical college we have about 350 permanent employees and 300 part-timers with around 5000 students and 1450 altiris nodes. We used Sophos for about 5 years and started having some real problems with the scanning functions. The scan would start and use all system resources until it finished regardless of the settings we tried to change.
