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Warning! Nov 6 Symantec AV virus definition file causes excessive Lan traffic
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Andrew C Taubman
Nov 13, 2000, 10:46:26 PM11/13/00
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This is to alert you to a problem we have seen twice today already. The
Virus definition files distributed by Symantec dated 6 Nov cause the client
to request all file reads off the server - wait for it - one byte at a time
! This naturally causes extremely slow logins and general network and
(perceived) server performance. The fix is to update to the files dated 9
Nov or later. This is documented on their website :
Virus definition files distributed by Symantec dated 6 Nov cause the client
to request all file reads off the server - wait for it - one byte at a time
! This naturally causes extremely slow logins and general network and
(perceived) server performance. The fix is to update to the files dated 9
Nov or later. This is documented on their website :
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2000110902475206&src=hot
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Andrew C Taubman
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