Recommend AV solution for work.
Discussion
I currently have 6 machines out of 40 with www access and they each have a stand alone copy of Norton AV 2004 installed.
Our MD is now putting pressure on to let all machines have access.
Ideally I want one that has the minimum of administration intervention and at a sensible cost.
What I assume 'corporate' Anti Virus solution can any of the resident IT bods recommend ?
Our MD is now putting pressure on to let all machines have access.
Ideally I want one that has the minimum of administration intervention and at a sensible cost.
What I assume 'corporate' Anti Virus solution can any of the resident IT bods recommend ?
I'll second McAfee VirusScan Enterprise.
Just install it and it looks after itself completely. You can either get each machine to look to the web for an update or to a central in house location that you nominate thus reducing bandwidth requirements on the outside link.
Details here: www.networkassociates.com/uk/audience/small_businesses_home.asp
Don't necessarily buy direct from McAfee. I sometimes get better deals from Insight etc, even on the many user versions.
Just install it and it looks after itself completely. You can either get each machine to look to the web for an update or to a central in house location that you nominate thus reducing bandwidth requirements on the outside link.
Details here: www.networkassociates.com/uk/audience/small_businesses_home.asp
Don't necessarily buy direct from McAfee. I sometimes get better deals from Insight etc, even on the many user versions.
yup McAfee Virus Scan is an absolute doddle to install, lockdown and configure. They machines update themselves but you do have to occasionaly update the virus engine.
Check out the options but you could end up installing and configuring all machines by hand as you need the Management Edition to enable building of an install script that set's up the software for you.
You sound like you know the risks but (
) make sure all the machines are patched and up to date (windowsupdate.microsoft.com) and get a firewall if you have not already.
Edited to say - I got some personal versions for two new PCs for 7 quid from www.scan.co.uk They were OEM and were purchased with hardware, but I don't think it has to be much hardware.
>> Edited by stuuu on Tuesday 18th May 18:11
Check out the options but you could end up installing and configuring all machines by hand as you need the Management Edition to enable building of an install script that set's up the software for you.
You sound like you know the risks but (
) make sure all the machines are patched and up to date (windowsupdate.microsoft.com) and get a firewall if you have not already. Edited to say - I got some personal versions for two new PCs for 7 quid from www.scan.co.uk They were OEM and were purchased with hardware, but I don't think it has to be much hardware.
>> Edited by stuuu on Tuesday 18th May 18:11
I'd recommend Sophos. Easy to deploy on all sorts of networks (support just about every client and server platform going), the proper Enterprise Manager stuff is good or for smaller networks you can just subscribe for automatic internet updates.
Plus they're british, and have come at or near the top of every corporate AV test I've seen.
Plus they're british, and have come at or near the top of every corporate AV test I've seen.
Thanks for all the responses.
Out of interest, why has noone recommended Norton ? I thought they were pretty big in the corporate world.
Looking at the McAfee site for the Enterprise version, am I right in saying that the main software would need to sit on our file server (NT4 Server) ?
Our web server machine with e-mail distribution / firewall software is on a seperate machine currently running Win 2K (client, not server copy). Will I be alright to install the main copy on the file server but direct it to the Win 2K machine to look for updates etc.
Apologies for the numptiness of my questions, I know enough IT for general use but playing with the server I leave for the Pros.
>> Edited by 130tdi on Wednesday 19th May 08:58
Out of interest, why has noone recommended Norton ? I thought they were pretty big in the corporate world.
Looking at the McAfee site for the Enterprise version, am I right in saying that the main software would need to sit on our file server (NT4 Server) ?
Our web server machine with e-mail distribution / firewall software is on a seperate machine currently running Win 2K (client, not server copy). Will I be alright to install the main copy on the file server but direct it to the Win 2K machine to look for updates etc.
Apologies for the numptiness of my questions, I know enough IT for general use but playing with the server I leave for the Pros.
>> Edited by 130tdi on Wednesday 19th May 08:58
Purely personal opinion this.....
Norton were great in the days when Peter Norton actually ran the company.
Since being bought out by Symantec, I believe the quality of their products has not kept pace with other companies. They seem to be relying on the Norton name and that is no longer good enough.
I now find their software buggy(as witnessed by the patches rolled out this week by Symantec), unreliable and not intuitive for the novice user. I do not recommend it to any of my clients.
I know there are others who love Norton and hate McAfee for the same reasons I have stated above but I can only go on what I see day to day.
Norton were great in the days when Peter Norton actually ran the company.
Since being bought out by Symantec, I believe the quality of their products has not kept pace with other companies. They seem to be relying on the Norton name and that is no longer good enough.
I now find their software buggy(as witnessed by the patches rolled out this week by Symantec), unreliable and not intuitive for the novice user. I do not recommend it to any of my clients.
I know there are others who love Norton and hate McAfee for the same reasons I have stated above but I can only go on what I see day to day.
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