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RE: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution
From: "Murda Mcloud" <murdamcloud () bigpond com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:57:07 +1000
NOD32 is easy to manage but can be a headache to setup initially. However, the settings and configurations that you can roll out are quite granular; one for laptops, one for workstations, one for production, developers etc etc. They update every day which is good and also it is fast and does not have the Godzilla type footprint that I came to associate with the big yellow company. No 100% cpu usage and even scans run pretty fast. Weekly/monthly/daily scans are also highly configurable with command line type options. The management console is getting more and more intuitive. I'm running it on a W2003 box. You can roll out remotely from the console which is easy. I can get alerts and check the logs/alert screens for any missing updates or outbreaks. Easy. I don't find myself worrying or fretting(much) now that it's been setup. Now, there is no firewall bundled with it which may be a drawback for you. The only thing that is not as good as Symantec is support but having said that, I've hardly had to contact their support since I set it up. I am very, very glad I dumped big yellow and so are my users whose machines have spare cycles that aren't being chewed by the AV. Does it catch everything? I doubt it but then I haven't seen a signature based solution that does and I imagine this may be a pipe dream. -----Original Message----- From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of illuminaeti () gmail com Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 1:39 AM To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution Hi list On the different networks I manage, I've been using Symantec corporate since version 7. I've never had any major issues with it until now. Version 11, now called "Symantec endpoint Protection" requires IIS and either MS SQL or the symantec embedded database. I installed a copy on a test server and it just about crippled it. Network access from clients was incredibly slow and processor use was hitting %100. I've heard the same comments from a collegue who installed it on a new server at the customer's request. The file server was virtually unusable even before the client was installed on the workstation. Also the new GUI is just plain awful. I don't have the time or resources to tweak settings to get better performance out of the AV. I've heard good things about NOD32, Sophos and Kaspersky. I've started looking around and of course, every website I visit tells me the software they sell is the best in the universe. So, looking for real answers from real users, I thought I'd ask you all about your experience, positive or negative, with various corporate antivirus software. Thanks in advance.
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- RE: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution, (continued)
- RE: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution Mason, Samuel (Feb 15)
- RE: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution Steve Anderson (Feb 15)
- RE: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution Mason, Samuel (Feb 15)
- Re: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution Josh Haft (Feb 14)
- Re: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution Patrick Hendrick (Feb 14)
- Re: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution Jason P. Rusch (Feb 15)
- Re: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution Allan Wind (Feb 15)
- RE: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution Dan Lynch (Feb 15)
- Re: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution Randy Wyatt (Feb 15)
- Re: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution J-Michael Roberts (Feb 15)
- RE: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution Mark Brunner (Feb 18)
- Re: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution Randy Wyatt (Feb 15)
- RE: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution Murda Mcloud (Feb 15)
- RE: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution David Harley (Feb 15)
- RE: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution Petter Bruland (Feb 15)
- Re: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution Secure This (Feb 15)
- Re: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution Jon R. Kibler (Feb 19)
- Re: Re: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution jayvanguy (Feb 15)
- RE: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution Albert Gonzalez (Feb 18)