SMS: Cannot Run Virus Scanner on Some SMS Client Files

Last reviewed: December 4, 1997
Article ID: Q174471

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2

SYMPTOMS

Systems Management Server Client files copied to the Windows and Windows\System32 directories of an NTFS partition on client computers running Windows NT are installed only with Execute permissions. Therefore, some virus scanning programs are unable to check these Systems Management Server files.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, run the virus scan program in the Administrator or Local System context.

SATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

   S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodsms
Keywords : kbbug1.20 smssetup kbfix1.20.sp3 kbsetup
Version : WINNT:1.2
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbworkaround

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Last reviewed: December 4, 1997
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