Symantec AntiVirus combines industry-leading, real-time malware protection for desktops and servers with graphical web-based reporting, centralized management and administration capabilities.
The
solution automatically detects and repairs the effects of
spyware, adware, viruses, and other malicious intrusions,
and side-effect repair keeps systems operational during
security disruptions. A comprehensive view of clients
via centralized logging, threshold alerting, and graphical
reporting helps transform security data into actionable
information. Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition now
offers support for Microsoft® Windows Vista™ clients as
well as Linux® clients, and is highly scalable for extensive
use throughout even the largest enterprise.
Key Features
- Advanced, enterprise-wide virus protection and monitoring from a single management console.
- Integrated Web-based graphical reporting.
- Support for Symantec AntiVirus Client on Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
Key Benefits
- Effective protection from spyware and adware.
- Symantec tamper protection guards against unauthorized antivirus access and attacks, protecting users from viruses that attempt to disable security measures.
- Backed by Symantec Security Response, the world’s leading Internet security research and support organization.
System Requirements
Symantec System Center
- Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server; Windows XP Professional; Windows Server 2003 Web/Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter
- 64 MB RAM
- 36 MB disk space without Snap-ins
- 337 MB disk space for Reporting Snap-ins
- 518 MB disk space for Symantec Endpoint Compliance Snap-in
- 24 MB disk space for AMS² Snap-in
- 6 MB disk space for Symantec AntiVirus Snap-in
- 1 MB disk space for Symantec Client Firewall Snap-in
- 130 MB disk space for AV Server Rollout tool
- 2 MB disk space for ClientRemote Install Snap-in
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 or later
- Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 1.2 or later. If MMC is not already installed, you will need 3 MB free disk space (10 MB during installation). If version 1.2 or later is not on the computer to which you want to install, the installation program installs it.
Symantec AntiVirus Server for Windows
Note: Symantec AntiVirus does not support the scanning of Macintosh volumes on Windows servers for Macintosh viruses.
- Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server; Windows XP Professional; Windows Server 2003 Web/Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter
- 64 MB RAM
- 140 MB disk space
- 15 MB disk space for reporting agent files (if you choose to install the reporting agent)
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 or later
- Static IP address (recommended)
Symantec AntiVirus Server for Netware
- NetWare 5.1 SP8 or higher, NetWare 6.0 SP5 or higher, NetWare 6.5 SP2 or higher
- 15 MB RAM
- 116 MB disk space (70 MB disk space for server files and 46 MB disk space for the client disk image)
- 20 MB disk space for AMS² server files (if you choose to install the AMS² server)
- Static IP address (recommended)
AMS² Server (optional, for legacy support)
- 10 MB RAM
- 15 MB disk space for AMS² server files for Windows
- 20 MB disk space for AMS² server files for NetWare
Reporting Server
Note: You must enable active scripting on your Web browser before you use the reporting server from the Symantec System Center or your Web browser.
- Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server; Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise SP1 or higher
- 256 MB RAM for 100 clients
- 512 MB RAM for 1,000 clients
- 1 GB RAM for 50,000 clients
- 1.5 GB disk space for 100 clients, or 2 GB disk space for 1,000 clients, or 40 GB disk space for 50,000 clients
- MSDE 2000 SP4 (installable), or Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP1 or later (existing), or Mcirosoft SQL Server 2005 or later (existing)
- Internet Information Services 4.0 or later
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 or later
Reporting Agent
- Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server; Windows XP Professional; Windows Server 2003 Web/Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter
- 11 MB RAM
- 15 MB disk space
Quarantine Console
- Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server; Windows XP Professional; Windows Server 2003 Web/Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter
- 64 MB RAM
- 35 MB disk space
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 or later
- Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 1.2 or later. If MMC is not already installed, you will need 3 MB of free diskspace (10 MB during installation)
Central Quarantine Server
Note: If you run Windows XP, system disk space usage is increased if the System Resotre functionality is enabled. For more information on how System Restore works, see the Microsoft operating system documentation.
- Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server; Windows XP Professional; Windows Server 2003 Web/Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter
- 128 MB of RAM
- 40 MB of disk space for Quarantine Server
- 500 MB to 4 GB disk space recommended for quarantined items
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 or later
- Minimum swap file size of 250 MB
Symantec AntiVirus Client 32-Bit and 64-Bit (Windows Vista)
- Windows Vista
- Minimum system requirements of the operating system required for Symantec AntiVirus clients running on Windows Vista
Symantec AntiVirus Client 32-Bit Windows Clients
- Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server; Windows XP Home/Professional/Tablet PC; Windows Server 2003 Web/Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter; Windows Vista Business/Enterprise/Home Basic/Home Premium/Ultimate; Windows Server 2008 Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter/Web Server
Note: The Server Core installation option for Windows Server 2008 is not supported.
- 64 MB RAM (512 MB on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008; 1 GB recommended for Windows Server 2008)
- 55 MB disk space (400 MB on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008)
Terminal Server clients connecting to a computer with antivirus protection have the following additional requirements:
- Microsoft Terminal Server RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) client
- Citrix Metaframe (ICA) client 1.8 or later if using Citrix Metaframe server on Terminal Server
Symantec AntiVirus for 64-Bit Windows Clients
- Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003, Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter 64-Bit Editions; Windows Vista Business/Enterprise/Home Basic/Home Premium/Ultimate; Windows Server 2008 Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter/Web Server
Note: The Server Core installation option for Windows Server 2008 is not supported.
- 80 MB RAM (512 MB on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008; 1 GB recommended for Windows Server 2008)
- 70 MB disk space (400 MB on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008)
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 or later
- Intel processors that support Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel EM64T)
- AMD 64-bit Opteron and Athlon processors
- Intel Itanium processors
Note: The ClientRemote Install tool does not check to verify that Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 or later is installed on computers when it is required. If the target computers do not have the correct version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, the installation fails without informing you.
Linux Client
Symantec AntiVirus supports installation on the following Linux distributions:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.x, 4.x, 5.x
- SUSE Linux Enterprise (server/desktop) 9.x, 10.x
- Novell Open Enterprise Server
- VMware EX 2.5.x, 3.x
Note: Symantec AntiVirus Linux clients are unmanaged clients. You cannot use the Symantec management components, such as Symantec System Center, to centrally manage Symantec AntiVirus Linux clients
