Your AV software?

[Deity]

What do, or would, you use for Corporate Anti-Virus protection? Trying to get some ideas for a definite AV solution.

Thanks in advance.

[MacGyver]

Norton - easy to distribute updates across a network.

[Deity]

Are there any network requirements for Norton? In particular our current setup is a workgroup structure. Would this be an issue?

[Stalemate]

I've used ePolicy Orchestrator from McAfee in the past and I loved it (25 servers, 600 workstations), especially since the latest version allowed compatibility with Norton's AV clients <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

[Titchski]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Adept.. you may have solved one of the most ridiculous arguments I have ever seen in a corporate environment, that of Norton vs McAfee. I'll be digging around for some documentation on McAfee's site about this info

Thanks again!

[Alwayslearining]

I also use mcafee and manage it using Epolicy orchestrator. we have around 110 workstations and 5 servers. Its got its problems but i cant really comment because i havent used anything other than mcaffee..

[DonJ]

We used to use McAffee but our company switched to Norton AV 2002 this year. The license needs to be renewed each year to continue to receive the updates, etc. They also let me put it on my home PC as I work out of the house occasionally. It seems to be working great...has caught a couple of worms sent to me via email. It does slow down the bootup process a bit but all AV's do that...

[Cygnus]

Norton is the only way I would go. 15 yrs crusing the net and I never had a virus, at home OR at work.

[Quiet Thunder]

I've always stood by my Norton Av. I never worry about the subscriptions though, as I always upgrade to the latest versions a few months after it's out anyways.

[Computer Tech NE]

Trend Micro Officescan Corporate works excellent for us. No problems at all. Checks for updates every hour (program and virus database) then sends to all the client machines right away. From at NT or 2000 server you can install to all clients automatically. 250 computers for around 1500 dollars. Java based web administration. I like it much better than the Norton Corporate stuff. Just another option for you. <a href="http://www.antivirus.com/products/osce/" target="_blank">http://www.antivirus.com/products/osce/</a>

[Deity]

I really appreciate all the opinions! Keep 'em comin' guys!

[silencio]

At my last corporate gig we used NAV Corporate and NOTHING on many of the servers. Go figure. I think that was based on the stability of NAV and McAfee at the time. Of course, we didn't even want the (possible) downtime involved with service packs so if it was running and an upgrade wasn't business critical we didn't do it. There's wasn't even any antivirus software on the exchange box when I left. No, I was not in charge.

NAV was easy to roll out updates with SMS. We had a little over 5000 users and 140 servers in 9 states.

Personaly, I like NAV 2002 over corporate but I run it here on a couple of the servers.

[firemonkey]

The school district I work for uses AVG, this is cause it was a special program, it was free, it works real good with the lotus mail servers, we can be notified when a virus is recived and and sent. It is nice, I also use Norton at home, I stand by that aswell,

have a great day all, hope it helps

[Stalemate]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Titchski:
<strong>... I'll be digging around for some documentation on McAfee's site about this info

Thanks again! </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/products/epolicy/default-management-solution.asp" target="_blank">Here's</a> a link for you. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

[craigmodius]

Currently in the startup of rolling out NAV Corporate 7.6 here.

I like everything I've <a href="http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=332741" target="_blank">read</a> about it, and especially like the "Centralized management from a single console allows IT managers to lock down policies that keep systems up to date and properly configured, fully protecting users at all times."

I know I can't trust alot of the (L)users on my network to keep the definitions up to date so I'm quite happy with this.

It snaps right into the MMC and you can push out definition updates to clients, and Roll out installs to clients and servers as mentioned in previous posts. And all the logs, and controls are right there in front of you for the whole network.

I haven't used McAfee, or others enough to really lay down guru advice, but I prefer the NAV intuitive interface, and don't like the spammed up nature of the free alternatives. NAV has come thru for me consistently.

<-just my 2 cents->

For that matter try 'em all out and run them thru the gauntlet with a harmless <a href="http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm" target="_blank">test virus</a>