Antivirus for a small business

Post by **ilumos** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:53 pm

Right, I'm freelance at the moment and I'm knocking together a quote for a charity who want an office network installed (1 server, 10 workstations).
Quoted all the parts and stuff just fine, but as far as antivirus goes, I'm stumped.

What's the best stuff out there at the moment (ease of use, set and forget etc)?

Bear in mind that this will be installed on 11 PCs, so some kind of network-wide licence might be needed.

Thanks in advance!

Post by **dzjepp** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:50 am

I don't particularly like Symantec for the single pc setups, but they have always been solid and reliable when it comes to the corporate/workstation systems.

http://www.symantecstore.com/dr/sat2/ec ... CACHE_ID=0

Post by **Tormentius** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:07 am

Symantec all the way. I setup AVG network edition on a non-profit network at the client's request and we migrated to Symantec a year later when it ran out. When it comes to simple administration nothing touches their corporate products IMO. v10 also has malware detection and removal.

Post by **raw** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:15 am

We're running McAfee on my new network but I don't particularly like it. I've used Symantec but that's not too great in my opinion either. I heard some good things about Panda (free) but if I had to pick, I'd try Trendmicro or Symantec.

Post by **Underpants?** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:54 pm

raw wrote:We're running McAfee on my new network but I don't particularly like it. I've used Symantec but that's not too great in my opinion either. I heard some good things about Panda (free) but if I had to pick, I'd try Trendmicro or Symantec.

trendmicro is top-notch stuff, we're using scanmail for exchange-- which, coupled with blocking all outside mail access (yahoo, aol, hotmail/msn, etc.) has been very effective for the past 3 years (also, mad credit to good luck)--not a single infection.

Post by **Tormentius** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:01 pm

raw wrote: I've used Symantec but that's not too great in my opinion either.

Try v10. 7.6 was ok if tweaked right, 8 I didn't bother with, 9 was alright but v10 flat-out owns.

Post by **SoM** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:09 pm

i just ditched avast few days ago back to symantec, couldnt be more happier,

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Post by **Tormentius** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:44 pm

riddla wrote: the new tamper protection has been a sorely-needed function in all AV products. With 10.0 they've certainly hit the bullseye. Small gripe is that it isnt enabled by default, but its at least there now.

Its there and quite highly configurable as well. I've been nothing but impressed since I rolled it a week after release.

Post by **ilumos** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:43 pm

Ok, excellent stuff guys, I'll be going for Symantec then. Thanks loads

Post by **Kills On Site** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:20 am

Well I had been using Symantec AV 9 and was extremely impressed, just got v10, damn it is better. still the same great bloat free setup and it is much quicker then v9. The new features are nice also.

10,362 Files scanned in 6:10. Holy hell that is fucking fast, please please tell me that it is supposed to be that fast and my copy isn't messed up or anything.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:20 am

SoM wrote:i just ditched avast few days ago back to symantec, couldnt be more happier,

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busted

Post by **SoM** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:50 pm

Kills On Site wrote:Well I had been using Symantec AV 9 and was extremely impressed, just got v10, damn it is better. still the same great bloat free setup and it is much quicker then v9. The new features are nice also.

10,362 Files scanned in 6:10. Holy hell that is fucking fast, please please tell me that it is supposed to be that fast and my copy isn't messed up or anything.

my norton av 2005 scans 60k+ files in about 12-14 mins

Post by **Dante** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:19 pm

raw wrote:We're running McAfee on my new network but I don't particularly like it. I've used Symantec but that's not too great in my opinion either. I heard some good things about Panda (free) but if I had to pick, I'd try Trendmicro or Symantec.

I used the Panda Activescan on a couple computers. It found trojans that McAffee and AVG missed. It took awhile to run, but did a better job.

Post by **SoM** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:23 pm

Dante wrote:
raw wrote:We're running McAfee on my new network but I don't particularly like it. I've used Symantec but that's not too great in my opinion either. I heard some good things about Panda (free) but if I had to pick, I'd try Trendmicro or Symantec.
I used the Panda Activescan on a couple computers. It found trojans that McAffee and AVG missed. It took awhile to run, but did a better job.

i used mcafee panda avast avg and they were all BS at removing spyware viruses..

i went back to symantec and it killed 5 bad ones in the first scan... no probs what so ever

AND JUGG

i just scored an official LLLLEEEEGGGAAALLLL copy of XP PRO for $50 cnd

you anti-warez cawk

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:02 am

SoM wrote:
Dante wrote:
raw wrote:We're running McAfee on my new network but I don't particularly like it. I've used Symantec but that's not too great in my opinion either. I heard some good things about Panda (free) but if I had to pick, I'd try Trendmicro or Symantec.
I used the Panda Activescan on a couple computers. It found trojans that McAffee and AVG missed. It took awhile to run, but did a better job.
i used mcafee panda avast avg and they were all BS at removing spyware viruses..

i went back to symantec and it killed 5 bad ones in the first scan... no probs what so ever

AND JUGG

i just scored an official LLLLEEEEGGGAAALLLL copy of XP PRO for $50 cnd

you anti-warez cawk

:lub: