Third-Party Anti-malware Software
Most companies purchase third-party antivirus or anti-malware software. Two of the major companies that sell third-party antivirus software are McAfee and Symantec.
Both of these companies sell corporate editions of the software that can be centrally managed from a server. This server can deploy the software to the clients, verify that scans are being run regularly, and keep the software up to date with current definitions.
Windows 7 verifies that antivirus software is installed, running, and up to date. If antivirus software that meets all of these conditions isn't detected, the Action Center will report it as a discrepancy.
In this tutorial:
- Managing Windows 7 in a Domain
- The Domain
- What is Wrong with Workgroups
- The Domain Concept
- Active Directory
- Domain Security
- Joining a Domain
- Windows 7 Offline Domain Join
- Browsing the Domain
- Searching the Domain
- Custom Searches
- Assigning Permissions to Domain Members
- The Double-Thick Security Trick
- Creating a Test Bed
- Creating a Domain
- Installing Windows Server 2008 on vPC
- Configuring a Windows Server 2008 Server
- Promoting a Server to a Domain Controller
- Joining Windows 7 to a Domain
- Authentication vs Authorization
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Built-in Groups
- Organizing Users with Groups
- Group Scope and Group Type
- Creating Users and Groups in a Domain
- Using HomeGroup with a Domain-Based Computer
- Identifying and Resolving Logon Issues
- Hardware vs. Network
- Using Cached Credentials
- Password Expiration
- Determining Logon Context
- Logon Hours Compliance
- Restricting Computer Access
- Time Synchronization
- Understanding User Profiles
- Standard Profiles
- Roaming Profiles
- Implementing Roaming Profiles
- Mandatory Profiles
- Super-Mandatory User Profiles
- Modifying the Default User Profile
- Configuring Settings with Scripts
- Anti-Malware Software
- Microsoft Windows 7 Defender
- Third-Party Anti-malware Software