[itdiscuss] Anti-Virus choices
Rob Shaw
rob at greenwoodchristian.com
Thu Sep 3 17:20:34 EDT 2009
We are using Sophos for our mixed environment (Mac and PC).
Sophos was one of the few cross-platform products. It was also available
cheaper for 6 years than even 1 year of Symantec.
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From: Jeffrey Thompson <jeffrey at janoah.net>
Reply-To: IT Discussion Forum <discuss at itdiscuss.org>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:48:41 -0400
To: IT Discussion Forum <discuss at itdiscuss.org>
Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] Anti-Virus choices
I have found the AVG SMB Internet Security product to be excellent. The
spam filter is also excellent. It also has an Outlook Plugin that makes it
easy to maintain white/black lists for the user. I have had users who were
more than twenty spams a day and this product knocked them out with no
false-positives. Also the server pricing is very good as well. Another
thing I like about the Internet Security package is it's more than spam and
antivirus protection but it also scans for RootKits as well. It also has
centralized management. I haven't had a chance to check out the other
Antivirus products mentioned here but I also plan on checking those out too
to compare and contrast features versus cost. So far in my experience AVG
has been the best level of protection and is fairly invisible (sometimes the
user can feel a scan on their machine but most of the time they don't notice
the scans going on).
And in the Mac area, is anyone deploying Antivirus protection on Macs. I
haven't done so because it just hasn't been a problem but what are others
doing out there for Mac protection?
Jeffrey Thompson
JANOAH, INC.
President & CEO
535 Winkler Dr, Alpharetta, GA 30004
jeffrey at janoah.net
Work: 678-373-4157
Fax: 678-373-4283
http://janoah.net
On Sep 3, 2009, at 10:26 AM, Ron Beatty wrote:
> 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
> 678-542-9059
> 800-478-8963 ext. 9059
>
> http://www.themissionsociety.org
>
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:04:43 -0500
> From: Dan Barber <dbarber at kirkofthehills.org>
> Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] antivirus
> To: "'IT Discussion Forum'" <discuss at itdiscuss.org>
> Message-ID:
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> <ABF7D236B49C5E469B4B3D4251CB4853023E26CDE0F1 at gabriel.kirkofthehills.org
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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
>
>
> From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org
> [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Roger Wright
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 8:14 PM
> To: 'IT Discussion Forum'
> Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] antivirus
>
> 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
>
> [cid:image001.jpg at 01CA2C6D.31D301D0]<http://www.rrtshelp.com/>
> _____
>
> From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org
> [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Dan Barber
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 8:48 AM
> To: 'IT Discussion Forum'
> Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] antivirus
>
> 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
>
> From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org
> [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Roger Wright
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 8:11 PM
> To: 'IT Discussion Forum'
> Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] antivirus
>
> 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
>
> [cid:image001.jpg at 01CA2C6D.31D301D0]<http://www.rrtshelp.com/>
> _____
>
> From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org
> [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Darin Rohatinsky
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 7:51 PM
> To: IT Discussion Forum
> Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] antivirus
>
> 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
>
>
>
> Error! Filename not specified.<http://www.rrtshelp.com/>
>
> _____
>
>
>
> From:
> discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org>
> [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.o
> rg>] On Behalf Of Darin Rohatinsky
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 7:01 PM
> To: discuss at itdiscuss.org<mailto:discuss at itdiscuss.org>
> Subject: [itdiscuss] antivirus
>
>
>
> 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>
> Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] antivirus
> To: "'IT Discussion Forum'" <discuss at itdiscuss.org>
> Message-ID:
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> <ABF7D236B49C5E469B4B3D4251CB4853023E26CDE0F2 at gabriel.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
>
> From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org
> [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Roger Wright
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 8:14 PM
> To: 'IT Discussion Forum'
> Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] antivirus
>
> 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
>
> [cid:image001.jpg at 01CA2C6D.7ABAA470]<http://www.rrtshelp.com/>
> _____
>
> From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org
> [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Dan Barber
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 8:48 AM
> To: 'IT Discussion Forum'
> Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] antivirus
>
> 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
>
> From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org
> [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Roger Wright
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 8:11 PM
> To: 'IT Discussion Forum'
> Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] antivirus
>
> 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
>
> [cid:image001.jpg at 01CA2C6D.7ABAA470]<http://www.rrtshelp.com/>
> _____
>
> From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org
> [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Darin Rohatinsky
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 7:51 PM
> To: IT Discussion Forum
> Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] antivirus
>
> 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
>
>
>
> Error! Filename not specified.<http://www.rrtshelp.com/>
>
> _____
>
>
>
> From:
> discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org>
> [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.o
> rg>] On Behalf Of Darin Rohatinsky
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 7:01 PM
> To: discuss at itdiscuss.org<mailto:discuss at itdiscuss.org>
> Subject: [itdiscuss] antivirus
>
>
>
> 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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