OT - anti-virus software recommendations

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Wayne, Aaron, et al:

I was looking at the papers on Microsoft forefront. It is an intersting idea. Yeah, it seems like one product, but they allow you to implement multiple (I want to say 5) engines across the network, all to be centrally managed. Therefore, you can have one AV for exchange, one for workstations, one for the perimeter...etc...

I ended up going with Kaspersky (whose engine is used in forefront) because the forefront product was not aged like I would want....but I am going to consider it when my current Kaspersky contract is up.
Carey


To: vantage@yahoogroups.comFrom: aaron.hoyt@...: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:07:23 -0500Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT - anti-virus software recommendations




Wayne,We have been using Trend Micro Office Scan on networked PCs for 3 years andstill love it. We dumped Norton for this.I think it's noted every time this comes up...but I will be the one to sayit this time.Whenever you look at antivirus, layer your defenses. I personally like tohave a separate vendors package for services like email on the server so youcan get the best of both worlds. Just don't layer your antivirus with twoproducts that do the same thing on the same computer as your problems willbe exponential compared to say a single solution for PCs, a separatesolution for the mail server and maybe even a third at the gateway. Thisway, all three packages get a shot at finding a virus, but three separatemachines are doing the scanning at three separate times to prevent conflict.Best of luck.Aaron HoytVantage Plastics-----Original Message-----From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf OfWayneSent: Monday, November 19, 2007 3:13 PMTo: vantage@yahoogroups.comSubject: [Vantage] OT - anti-virus software recommendationsNot strictly on-topic, but since it come up every few months, I'll be theone to ask:What's everyone recommending for anti-virus software on windowsworkstations these days? Our Symantec subscription is up for renewal, and Ireally want to ditch their performance-sucking bloatware for something lessinvasive.Suggestions?-Thanks, Wayne[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]






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Not strictly on-topic, but since it come up every few months, I'll be the one to ask:

What's everyone recommending for anti-virus software on windows workstations these days? Our Symantec subscription is up for renewal, and I really want to ditch their performance-sucking bloatware for something less invasive.

Suggestions?

-Thanks, Wayne
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We ditched Symantec for ESET Nod32..would never go back.



Michael





Michael Barry
Aspacia Systems Inc
866.566.9600
312.803.0730 fax
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Wayne
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 12:13 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OT - anti-virus software recommendations



Not strictly on-topic, but since it come up every few months, I'll be the
one to ask:

What's everyone recommending for anti-virus software on windows workstations
these days? Our Symantec subscription is up for renewal, and I really want
to ditch their performance-sucking bloatware for something less invasive.

Suggestions?

-Thanks, Wayne





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Not too long ago I faced the same question and ditched Symantec in favor of TrendMicro. Users still notice some hit from the weekly scan (in addition to real-time protection) but not nearly as bad as before. Once I switch everyone over to logging out and locking their PCs instead of power-off at night the overnight scans will have no impact at all. TM is also much easier to manage that Symantec was so I'm pretty satisfied with it...especially since the purchase price was 1/2 the one year price to just renew Symantec.
-Todd C.

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From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 2:13 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OT - anti-virus software recommendations


Not strictly on-topic, but since it come up every few months, I'll be the one to ask:

What's everyone recommending for anti-virus software on windows workstations these days? Our Symantec subscription is up for renewal, and I really want to ditch their performance-sucking bloatware for something less invasive.

Suggestions?

-Thanks, Wayne





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Did the same thing. Trend Micro is MUCH less invasive and easier to work with (especially the 2008 version).

Chris E.
Esterline & Sons Mfg.

Todd Caughey <caugheyt@...> wrote:
Not too long ago I faced the same question and ditched Symantec in favor of TrendMicro. Users still notice some hit from the weekly scan (in addition to real-time protection) but not nearly as bad as before. Once I switch everyone over to logging out and locking their PCs instead of power-off at night the overnight scans will have no impact at all. TM is also much easier to manage that Symantec was so I'm pretty satisfied with it...especially since the purchase price was 1/2 the one year price to just renew Symantec.
-Todd C.

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From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 2:13 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OT - anti-virus software recommendations

Not strictly on-topic, but since it come up every few months, I'll be the one to ask:

What's everyone recommending for anti-virus software on windows workstations these days? Our Symantec subscription is up for renewal, and I really want to ditch their performance-sucking bloatware for something less invasive.

Suggestions?

-Thanks, Wayne

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I dumped CA Etrust for NOD32. I also would never go back.

Dale Norris

>>> "Michael Barry" <mbarry@...> 11/19/2007 3:24 PM >>>

We ditched Symantec for ESET Nod32..would never go back.

Michael

Michael Barry
Aspacia Systems Inc
866.566.9600
312.803.0730 fax
<http://www.aspacia.com/> http://www.aspacia.com/

From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Wayne
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 12:13 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OT - anti-virus software recommendations

Not strictly on-topic, but since it come up every few months, I'll be the
one to ask:

What's everyone recommending for anti-virus software on windows workstations
these days? Our Symantec subscription is up for renewal, and I really want
to ditch their performance-sucking bloatware for something less invasive.

Suggestions?

-Thanks, Wayne

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What Micro Trend Products are your running, their web site has a
smorgasbord of applications for small, medium and large companies?



Patrick J. Winter



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Did the same thing. Trend Micro is MUCH less invasive and easier to work
with (especially the 2008 version).

Chris E.
Esterline & Sons Mfg.

Todd Caughey <caugheyt@...
<mailto:caugheyt%40harveyvogel.com> > wrote:
Not too long ago I faced the same question and ditched Symantec in favor
of TrendMicro. Users still notice some hit from the weekly scan (in
addition to real-time protection) but not nearly as bad as before. Once
I switch everyone over to logging out and locking their PCs instead of
power-off at night the overnight scans will have no impact at all. TM is
also much easier to manage that Symantec was so I'm pretty satisfied
with it...especially since the purchase price was 1/2 the one year price
to just renew Symantec.
-Todd C.

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Behalf Of Wayne
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Subject: [Vantage] OT - anti-virus software recommendations

Not strictly on-topic, but since it come up every few months, I'll be
the one to ask:

What's everyone recommending for anti-virus software on windows
workstations these days? Our Symantec subscription is up for renewal,
and I really want to ditch their performance-sucking bloatware for
something less invasive.

Suggestions?

-Thanks, Wayne

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Wayne
We got rid of Norton for Eset's NOD32. And yes, we also, would never go
back.
Can't recommend this software enough.

Regards
Rich

Wayne wrote:
>
> Not strictly on-topic, but since it come up every few months, I'll be
> the one to ask:
>
> What's everyone recommending for anti-virus software on windows
> workstations these days? Our Symantec subscription is up for renewal,
> and I really want to ditch their performance-sucking bloatware for
> something less invasive.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> -Thanks, Wayne
>
>
>
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I'm a long time TrendMicro Officescan user and highly recommend it. The
scheduled full scans can bog down a pc a little bit, but you can configure
the realtime scan to exclude the Epicor folders. With that set up I hadn't
really seen or heard about any slowness from my users.



David Glazewski

Network Admin

Trace-A-Matic

262-641-1293





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>
> We ditched Symantec for ESET Nod32..would never go back.
>

I have used NOD32 for a few years now and continue to love it as an AV
package.

I'm the volunteer technology coordinator at my children's school and I've
switched from NOD32 to E-Eye's Retina/Blink system. http://www.eeye.com The
anti-virus is weak but the rest of the product makes up for it. It replaces
your firewall and looks at every packet via the different protocols and is
able to spot "nasty" behavior that way. For example, we've been protected from
the latest URI vulnerability for quite some time even though Adobe fixed it a
couple of weeks ago and Microsoft fixed it last week. It also looks at all of
your installed software and tells you what versions need to be patched. It is
very extensive and equivalently priced. I wished they would have picked NOD32
to add on to their package. I'm not sure that E-Eye supports Vista yet either.

Mark W.
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Wayne,

We have been using Trend Micro Office Scan on networked PCs for 3 years and
still love it. We dumped Norton for this.

I think it's noted every time this comes up...but I will be the one to say
it this time.

Whenever you look at antivirus, layer your defenses. I personally like to
have a separate vendors package for services like email on the server so you
can get the best of both worlds. Just don't layer your antivirus with two
products that do the same thing on the same computer as your problems will
be exponential compared to say a single solution for PCs, a separate
solution for the mail server and maybe even a third at the gateway. This
way, all three packages get a shot at finding a virus, but three separate
machines are doing the scanning at three separate times to prevent conflict.

Best of luck.
Aaron Hoyt
Vantage Plastics

-----Original Message-----
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
Wayne
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 3:13 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OT - anti-virus software recommendations


Not strictly on-topic, but since it come up every few months, I'll be the
one to ask:

What's everyone recommending for anti-virus software on windows
workstations these days? Our Symantec subscription is up for renewal, and I
really want to ditch their performance-sucking bloatware for something less
invasive.

Suggestions?

-Thanks, Wayne






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Mark Wonsil wrote:
>> We ditched Symantec for ESET Nod32..would never go back.

Thanks for all the responses!

Will probably go with NOD32, but with check into Trend Micro s well.

-Wayne
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I moved to Kaspersky in June and I have never used a product where centrailized management literally NEVER had to be touched after the original setup, and I have not had "other" issues.
The only issue I had was Kaspersky considered something on the fedex site to be suspicious, and blocked it. A simple relaxation for the fedex site solved the issue.
Also, there are updates at least once a day, sometimes more.

Also, the management console can be used to roll out non-kaspersky apps to workstations...helpful for companies that do not have other automatic ways to remote-install other apps.

Also, Kaspersky engines are used by other virus protection applications because of their dependability and update frequency.

They are not really in the anti-spam field, but I have other methodologies for that.
Carey


To: vantage@yahoogroups.comFrom: mbarry@...: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:24:12 -0800Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT - anti-virus software recommendations




We ditched Symantec for ESET Nod32..would never go back.MichaelMichael BarryAspacia Systems Inc866.566.9600312.803.0730 fax<http://www.aspacia.com/> http://www.aspacia.com/From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf OfWayneSent: Monday, November 19, 2007 12:13 PMTo: vantage@yahoogroups.comSubject: [Vantage] OT - anti-virus software recommendationsNot strictly on-topic, but since it come up every few months, I'll be theone to ask:What's everyone recommending for anti-virus software on windows workstationsthese days? Our Symantec subscription is up for renewal, and I really wantto ditch their performance-sucking bloatware for something less invasive.Suggestions?-Thanks, Wayne[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]






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