For computers and networks, every day is cold and flu season. A virus on a network can cause considerable damage. The most effective method of preventing a virus from attaching to your desktop systems is to bar it from ever reaching your desktop in the first place. This is where network-based antivirus products thrive.

Computer Associates' InocuLAN is intended for enterprise networks. Its Virus Quarantine feature can log off a user when a virus is detected, and its Virus Wall prevents uninfected files from being overwritten by a virus-infected file. This adds up to a secure server and a secure network. InocuLAN's impressive management console allows the network administrator to see the status of all the InocuLAN servers on the network.

Once a virus is detected, someone needs to know about it. InocuLAN provides a broad menu of alerting options. For instance, InocuLAN can integrate with any MAPI-compliant e-mail system, or it can generate broadcast alerts, ring pagers, print trouble-tickets or write to a central Windows NT Event log.

Finally, an antivirus product must be able to detect and repair infected files. InocuLAN, which is iCSA-certified, does this very well. InocuLAN can detect a variety of viruses, including polymorphic, boot sector, macro and multipartite.

InocuLAN for Windows NT, $995,
Computer Associates International,
(800) 225-5224, (516) 342-5224.
www.cai.com/cheyenne