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Thanks for doing all the typing for me dude!

I know sometimes it is boring to read through an entire thread but obviously there is important information the whole way through and you end up looking somewhat foolish by reposting. Just remember that for the future.

michael737n,
All we are trying to do is to make sure everyone has automatic updates going so that when they register on our network, we know they will continue to be safe against each new threat. It being a rather loosley structured university network there is no easy way to do this. Not everyone logs into novell (i.e. runs a login script) so there is no way to roll stuff out. Our only real option is to put together a package to ensure that virus definitions are up to date and are getting updated, automatic updates are enabled and the box is currently clean at the time of registration. This package is our responsibilty, getting everyone to run it is up to someone else (thank god not me). Thanks for the suggestion though!