virus programs

[VCTech]

Our company is getting ready to buy some virus protection software. Norton or McaFee? and which version is best? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Quiet Thunder]

Norton. Now, which norton you get will depend on your company. What size is your company? Networked? Software on server(s)? Windows version on desktops? ect.... You need to give more info, but I would still stick with Norton for any sized company.

[Gollo]

Check out <a href="http://www.grisoft.com" target="_blank">www.grisoft.com</a> It's free for individual computers or for like 50 bucks you can buy a license for your whole company and manage updates and scans from your server.

[VCTech]

Not a large company, 40 branches across the Northwest with each location having less than 10 computers ranging from Win95,98,98SE,2k and our server is a WinNT machine. I'm really only interested in this location of 7 machines of Win98 and the server winnt

[senectus]

For a spread out location, and 100% detection, plus it takes up bugger all system resources.. Sophos antivirus is the best.

My fav part of sophos is that you don't need to be at a machine to install it, it's clever enough to do it remotely (Works on NT4, win2k and win98)

[EvilCabbage]

Yeah, Sophos is pretty funky.. bit different to the other gear out there, but it appears to do a pretty good job.

[quote]Originally posted by senectus:
<strong>For a spread out location, and 100% detection, plus it takes up bugger all system resources.. Sophos antivirus is the best.

My fav part of sophos is that you don't need to be at a machine to install it, it's clever enough to do it remotely (Works on NT4, win2k and win98)</strong><hr></blockquote>

[BC GREEN]

norton: i work at texas ins.and norton is what they use world wide. i use it also at home.


good luck.

[ephmynus]

I would say Norton myself in the office although I don't use any virus protection at home.

[Commander Klarg]

[quote]Originally posted by Aplustech:
<strong>I would say Norton myself in the office although I don't use any virus protection at home.</strong><hr></blockquote>

You're insane.

If its a matter of economics that you don't use virus protection, the Norton license agreement basically states that if you use it at work, you can install it at home.

[deseqer]

[quote]Originally posted by Lt. Cmdr Klarg:
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You're insane.

If its a matter of economics that you don't use virus protection, the Norton license agreement basically states that if you use it at work, you can install it at home.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I have never heard of this. Is this just for the Norton Corporate Edition or is it for all of its products.

[Stalemate]

This might not apply to a smaller network such as yours, but McAfee's ePolicy Orchestrator 2.0 (which I'm installing and deploying as we speak) is downright impressive.

It uses the MMC to manage a "tree" into which your workstations are represented.

Best of all, you do *not* have to use it with VirusScan. It can also manage other products as well.

Look it up if you'd like to use an SMS-like system for antivirus deployment and management.

[Daemon]

mcaffee is the best for one, the other it has free upgrade dat files norton doesnt

mcaffee has great networking support.

All I use and work and home Screw Norton anti virus it never worked right in the first place.

[Commander Klarg]

[quote]Originally posted by deseqer:
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I have never heard of this. Is this just for the Norton Corporate Edition or is it for all of its products.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I took a look at earlier versions, and the license states that if a single person uses the computer that has it installed 80% of the time, that they can also use the software on a home computer. So, as far as I know, that's what Norton does with its software.

[Commander Klarg]

[quote]Originally posted by Daemon:
<strong>mcaffee is the best for one, the other it has free upgrade dat files norton doesnt</strong><hr></blockquote>

That is BS, I haven't paid a cent on DAT upgrades for ANY AV program.

That being said, I would recommend either McAfee or Norton; whichever you would prefer.

[Daemon]

[quote]Originally posted by Lt. Cmdr Klarg:
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That is BS, I haven't paid a cent on DAT upgrades for ANY AV program.

That being said, I would recommend either McAfee or Norton; whichever you would prefer.</strong><hr></blockquote>


Buy Norton Anti, you get free Dats for one year then you have to pay once every year. 4 PEOPLE here at my work have to do that tell they found that since my work uses mcaffee they can use it free of charge.

I downloaded it once when it said free then 2 weeks later I ahd to sign up for a 1 year subscription. ($30) and you had to do this every year just to get the new dats.