Evolution of an automated virus scanning system

Randy Abrams Microsoft Corporation

This presentation will describe and demonstrate the automated virus scanning system used in Product Release Services at Microsoft. The system began as a simple Visual Basic shell that launched batch files. Today the system includes a Visual Basic front end that interfaces with IIS and SQL systems. The first system required operators at the scanning PC to provide information such as a part number and a path for scanning.

Today remote users can script jobs to be submitted for automatic scanning. Results of the scan are delivered via an email which also contains a link to the user's log file. Additional discussion will describe problems encountered along the way and the solutions devised to make the system work. Some of the problems were resolved by our developers. Some of the problems required changes to anti-virus products.

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