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  • Thursday, October 15, 2009 6:54 AMICTP Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hello,

    Maybe a dumb question but i've checked the user manual and lots of other info but cannot seem to find the answer with 100% certainty.
    One of our clients wishes to use Forefront for their new Exchange 2007 servers. They run F-Secure on all servers as a file system scanner.
    My question: Do you install forefront on top of the already existing virus scanner (i.e. forefront only does Mail DB/Mailbox protection) or do we need to remove F-secure and then install Forefront (i.e. forefront also scans local disks for virusses and has an on-access scanner). Our client says it's the first scenario, but before I completely ruin a perfectly good 2007 installation, I would like to be sure.

    I hope someone can answer this question definitively.

    Regards,

    Erwin

     

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  • Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:31 AMChristian Groebner [MVP]MVPUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Hi Erwin,

    Forefront for Exchange only scanns the exchange store and not the server itself. So you can/should leave F-Secure on the machine.

    Greetings

    Christian
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  • Thursday, October 15, 2009 10:23 AMICTP Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Christian,

    Many thanks!
    I just wanted confirmation of this since I have once seen the end result of two file system virus scanners on one system :-)

    Good to know there is no issue now.

    Thanks,

    Erwin