Guest ~~Alan~~ Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 I'm probably going to start some heated discussions (I may want to talk about politics instead) but I'm interested to read about anyone's experiences with enterprise (not stand-alone please) anti-virus solutions from Norton, Sophos, Mcaffee, etc. Thanks, ~alan
Guest philo Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Re: Anti-Virus thoughts and opinions "~~Alan~~" <a.shepro@gmail.com> wrote in message news:eHjw0JTKJHA.456@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > I'm probably going to start some heated discussions (I may want to talk > about politics instead) but I'm interested to read about anyone's > experiences with enterprise (not stand-alone please) anti-virus solutions > from Norton, Sophos, Mcaffee, etc. > > Thanks, > ~alan > > I have never worked on a machine with Sophos but have had to repair many machines with both Norton and Mcaffee. Even though the machines had updated virus definitions, they still got infected. The unfortunate fact is that the "wonderful" folks who write the malware, seem to enjoy most...attacking the "big name" virus checkers. Additionally, Norton and Mcaffee are some of the biggest resource hogs out there. If you need to run a virus checker on your own home machine, you'd be better off with the free version of Avast or AVG
Guest Lem Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Re: Anti-Virus thoughts and opinions ~~Alan~~ wrote: > I'm probably going to start some heated discussions (I may want to talk > about politics instead) but I'm interested to read about anyone's > experiences with enterprise (not stand-alone please) anti-virus solutions > from Norton, Sophos, Mcaffee, etc. > > Thanks, > ~alan > > From the IT dept's point of view, such apps permit centralized control, which at least means that IT can ensure that users are up-to-date both with respect to virus definitions and application revisions. McAfee, and I believe Symantec as well, also can be installed so that the client has no access to the "control panel," and thus can't reconfigure how the a/v behaves. This can be a problem if the client wants to temporarily disable a/v scanning in order, for example, to install some app or update. But then again, IT probably doesn't want clients installing their own apps. As far as resource hogging, Symantec a/v Corp Ed. may be a little better than consumer Norton a/v, but its startup scan can be a real PITA. -- Lem -- MS-MVP To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
Guest smlunatick Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Re: Anti-Virus thoughts and opinions On Oct 8, 11:41 am, "~~Alan~~" <a.she...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm probably going to start some heated discussions (I may want to talk > about politics instead) but I'm interested to read about anyone's > experiences with enterprise (not stand-alone please) anti-virus solutions > from Norton, Sophos, Mcaffee, etc. > > Thanks, > ~alan Sophos -- I used it years ago. It was fast in scanning and shielding but at the time, they were not able to remove the viruses. They recommneded to delete all infected files and restore from backup. McAfee -- Very slow. Let viruses thru sometimes Norton -- Not a business grade anti-virus. Symantec Corporate edition. Also slow.
Guest Anteaus Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 RE: Anti-Virus thoughts and opinions AVG for networks, mostly. We disable the link scanner and email scanning, as we user server-based mail scanning. One advantage is that V8 detects spyware as well as viruses, which most AV products do not. Does have some performance impact, but good detection rate. Sophos is good, have that on one supported site. NOD32 (Eset) and Avira are also good for standalone use, not sure if they support centralised updating, though. Norton - useless. McAfee - not much better. "~~Alan~~" wrote: > I'm probably going to start some heated discussions (I may want to talk > about politics instead) but I'm interested to read about anyone's > experiences with enterprise (not stand-alone please) anti-virus solutions > from Norton, Sophos, Mcaffee, etc. > > Thanks, > ~alan > > >
Guest Leythos Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Re: Anti-Virus thoughts and opinions In article <eHjw0JTKJHA.456@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, a.shepro@gmail.com says... > I'm probably going to start some heated discussions (I may want to talk > about politics instead) but I'm interested to read about anyone's > experiences with enterprise (not stand-alone please) anti-virus solutions > from Norton, Sophos, Mcaffee, etc. We have about 80 sites, used about everything on the planet, each solution has its problems with new releases and ability to detect new malware. We currently use Symantec Corp Ed 10.2 on most networks, Symantec End Point Protection on some, stopped using the other vendors products once Symantec lowered the minimum license purchase to 5. We also implement very strict security settings in the Firewall Appliances and almost no user is a local administrator on their company computer. In all my years, not a single managed client has had their network compromised. -- - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist" spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
Guest Leythos Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Re: Anti-Virus thoughts and opinions In article <OditSaVKJHA.5904@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, lemp40@unknownhost says... > As far as resource hogging, Symantec a/v Corp Ed. may be a little better > than consumer Norton a/v, but its startup scan can be a real PITA. > You can disable them, as we do in most networks. -- - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist" spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
Guest Leythos Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 RE: Anti-Virus thoughts and opinions In article <66CF0558-2CC3-4E8B-9F93-C9B0E3912557@microsoft.com>, Anteaus@discussions.microsoft.com says... > AVG for networks > 90+% of all compromised networks and systems that we see are running AVG. -- - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist" spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
Guest sgopus Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 RE: Anti-Virus thoughts and opinions Something I discovered recently, I had purchased KIS and been using it for years, and THOUGHT I had Virus coverage as well, apparently not, as KIS doesn't automatically include the Antivirus portion, and when I asked for help to activate the Antivirus portion, from Kaspersky they have ignored me. "~~Alan~~" wrote: > I'm probably going to start some heated discussions (I may want to talk > about politics instead) but I'm interested to read about anyone's > experiences with enterprise (not stand-alone please) anti-virus solutions > from Norton, Sophos, Mcaffee, etc. > > Thanks, > ~alan > > >
Guest EncinoMan Posted October 9, 2008 Posted October 9, 2008 Re: Anti-Virus thoughts and opinions On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 06:41:42 -0400, "~~Alan~~" <a.shepro@gmail.com> wrote: >I'm probably going to start some heated discussions (I may want to talk >about politics instead) but I'm interested to read about anyone's >experiences with enterprise (not stand-alone please) anti-virus solutions >from Norton, Sophos, Mcaffee, etc. > >Thanks, >~alan > Why bring this up here? What A/V program you choose is just personal preference. Ask elsewhere
Guest George Posted October 9, 2008 Posted October 9, 2008 Re: Anti-Virus thoughts and opinions "EncinoMan" <none@nobody.net> wrote in message news:71kqe4p9833pji3n3cfc8fdof611k0jbht@4ax.com... > On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 06:41:42 -0400, "~~Alan~~" <a.shepro@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>I'm probably going to start some heated discussions (I may want to talk >>about politics instead) but I'm interested to read about anyone's >>experiences with enterprise (not stand-alone please) anti-virus solutions >>from Norton, Sophos, Mcaffee, etc. >> >>Thanks, >>~alan >> > Why bring this up here? What A/V program you choose is just personal > preference. > > Ask elsewhere Darn you are funny! :-) some people just don't have anything else to do do they????
Guest EncinoMan Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Re: Anti-Virus thoughts and opinions On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 10:51:31 -0400, "George" <pop@email.com> wrote: > >"EncinoMan" <none@nobody.net> wrote in message >news:71kqe4p9833pji3n3cfc8fdof611k0jbht@4ax.com... >> On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 06:41:42 -0400, "~~Alan~~" <a.shepro@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>>I'm probably going to start some heated discussions (I may want to talk >>>about politics instead) but I'm interested to read about anyone's >>>experiences with enterprise (not stand-alone please) anti-virus solutions >>>from Norton, Sophos, Mcaffee, etc. >>> >>>Thanks, >>>~alan >>> >> Why bring this up here? What A/V program you choose is just personal >> preference. >> >> Ask elsewhere > >Darn you are funny! :-) some people just don't have anything else to do do >they???? > You mean besides ask stupid off topic questions in groups they don't belong in? Then yes, I agree with you.
Guest Jason Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 Re: Anti-Virus thoughts and opinions I've gone from AVG to Avast - AVG wouldn't update and also 'try' to update at a certain tiem each day. "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message news:eZfRplTKJHA.5460@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > > "~~Alan~~" <a.shepro@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:eHjw0JTKJHA.456@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> I'm probably going to start some heated discussions (I may want to talk >> about politics instead) but I'm interested to read about anyone's >> experiences with enterprise (not stand-alone please) anti-virus solutions >> from Norton, Sophos, Mcaffee, etc. >> >> Thanks, >> ~alan >> >> > > I have never worked on a machine with Sophos > > but have had to repair many machines with both Norton and Mcaffee. > > Even though the machines had updated virus definitions, they still got > infected. > The unfortunate fact is that the "wonderful" folks who write the malware, > seem to enjoy most...attacking the "big name" virus checkers. > > Additionally, Norton and Mcaffee are some of the biggest resource hogs out > there. > > If you need to run a virus checker on your own home machine, > you'd be better off with the free version of Avast or AVG > >
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