[itdiscuss] [ Suspected Spam ] Anti-Virus choices

Thu Sep 3 14:16:02 EDT 2009

We became so displeased with Symantec AV over the past couple of years that we are switching ALL of our clients to AVG.  AVG has been doing a fantastic job and the management interface is fully tied into our monitoring/alerting/management/reporting system we use as part of our Managed IT Services offering.  We dumped Symantec AV after more than 20 years of loyalty because it was failing to detect and stop viruses and Trojans that all of the other major vendors had known about many months prior.  It was also become so bloated that it made older PCs run very slowly.

Thanks,

Gary Nichols

InterDev, LLC

770-643-4400

770-337-5900 cell

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Technology Solved.

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I noticed that one subscriber suggested AVG antivirus but I haven't

heard anyone else mention it since. I have used the home version of AVG

for years and have been very pleased with it. I have no experience with

the corporate version but would suspect it to be as good a product.

Anyone else used the corporate version before? On our front we are

currently using Symantec but are looking at McAfee for future use.

Ron Beatty

IT Support Analyst

The Mission Society

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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:04:43 -0500

From: Dan Barber <dbarber at kirkofthehills.org>

Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] antivirus

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How do you guys move machines from one policy to another? I can't seem

to manage to do that...

Dan

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[mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Roger Wright

Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 8:14 PM

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I think VIPRE is terrific!  In my new position we're using MS Forefront.

Too much is still slipping through, it's cumbersome to manage and to

pull meaningful reports.  VIPRE is much from admin-friendly and has I

saw no infections on either the church or workplace network - can't say

that about Forefront.  You can ask for and probably get home use

licenses as well.  $10/seat - no brainer.

 Roger  Wright

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[mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Dan Barber

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Roger,

Are you still happy with VIPRE? Are the any others using VIPRE

currently? We have McAfee and are potentially looking at switch this

month.

Dan Barber

Network Administrator

Kirk of the Hills

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[mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Roger Wright

Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 8:11 PM

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If you contact Matt Biden at TLIC (www.everythingmaintenance.com) he can

probably get you set up for close to that price range.  I just switched

from McAfee to VIPRE a month ago on my 185-node work network.  And my

church received comparable pricing direct from Sunbelt last fall.   If

you ask real nicely you may even get licenses for your users to install

on their home machines.  Contact Bryan Berger

[BryanB at sunbelt-software.com] for more info.

In any case, you can download the 30-day trial for VIPRE Enterprise from

Sunbelt Software's site and give it a try.

www.sunbeltsoftware.com/VPE<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/VPE>

Roger  Wright

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[mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Darin Rohatinsky

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Thank you.  About 30 clients right now.  We have a lot of Macs on our

network that are protected already so these are just Windows machines.

That's not a bad price.

Darin

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Roger Wright

<rhw at tampabay.rr.com<mailto:rhw at tampabay.rr.com>> wrote:

How many clients?  You can get Sunbelt Software's  VIPRE system for

about $8.50/user right now.  It provides excellent protection, is light

on resource requirements, and very easy to manage & deploy.

 Roger  Wright

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Hey all,

Any suggestions for good free AV software?  We are thinking about doing

away with our active directory server and our domain, and we currently

have AVG with a client/server installation.

Darin

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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:06:45 -0500

From: Dan Barber <dbarber at kirkofthehills.org>

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Nevermind...Just found the command :)

How would I go about getting a home license as well? A couple of you

have mentioned that...

Dan

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[mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Roger Wright

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