Dear Forum Members (and other interested parties)
I intend to add a NAS device to my system, that in itself is not a problem, and I am looking at the Netgear ReadyNAS Duo v2 (please note, I am not asking for any comments on this device).
Now, I have read that NIS can extend itself to protect other devices on a network, I would like to know if NIS, via it's anti-virus part, can protect my NAS when it is installed. And if it can then how do I configure NIS to do this.
Awaiting any questions and or possible solutions.
UK Bob
ukbobboy wrote:
Dear Forum Members (and other interested parties)
I intend to add a NAS device to my system, that in itself is not a problem, and I am looking at the Netgear ReadyNAS Duo v2 (please note, I am not asking for any comments on this device).
Now, I have read that NIS can extend itself to protect other devices on a network, I would like to know if NIS, via it's anti-virus part, can protect my NAS when it is installed. And if it can then how do I configure NIS to do this.
Awaiting any questions and or possible solutions.
UK Bob
The NAS device does not get anti virus installed on it. Your protection comes from the client computers that access the NAS.
As files are written to and read from the NAS, your Norton product will be scanning for malware. Just be sure all computers that access the NAS have their security sofware up to date.
I don't know about 2013, but in NIS 2012 there is an option somewhere in the settings to turn network drive scans on or off. I have that turned on in my desktop computer, but turned it off on the two laptops I have NIS installed on. If it's turned on for all computers on the home network, the NAS will probably get scanned more than it needs to.
Edit: I assume that the "scan network drives" setting only applies to full system scans, not real time on-access scans, but I'm not 100% sure about that.
Here is the information about network drive scans from the NIS help files.
The setting is found by clicking Settings - Computer - Computer Scan
Hi RS
Thanks for your "real world" experience, I believe you have shown that NIS can and does protect other devices on a network.
Although I am not looking for an answer on this, the NAS device will be operating it's own O/S (non-windows) and using an ARM CPU but, as this device is designed to communicate with PCs running windows, MAC or Linux, I believe that there should be no problems.
There is one question I would like to ask, when NIS is scanning from your desktop other devices on your network does it (substantially) affect the performance of your desktop when simultaneously doing other tasks?
Hi Peter
Your advice seems very informative and I thank you for your contribution, however because the NAS has it's own O/S and uses a non-Intel/ AMD CPU I realised that NIS could not be installed on it.
Anyway, I will check-out "Settings" and look at the available options.
Cheers guys
UK Bob
PS. By the way, this is the device I am currently looking at: http://www.dabs.com/products/netgear-readynas-duo-v2--2-bay----no-drives-included-7SJZ.html?q=NAS&src=16
ukbobboy wrote:
There is one question I would like to ask, when NIS is scanning from your desktop other devices on your network does it (substantially) affect the performance of your desktop when simultaneously doing other tasks?
A full system scan only runs during idle; it should automatically pause if it detects any computer activity, so it shouldn't affect performance of the computer performing the scan. If you're asking if the full scan will degrade the performance of the NAS itself, if it's accessed from another computer on the network, I don't know the answer to that. My full scans generally run in the late hours when I'm not on the network anyway.
Cheers RS
You have answered the questioned I asked and suggested when a network AV scan should take place, i.e. overnight.
Thanks
UK Bob