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IT Forum >> What antivirus does your company use?
| 4/27/11 11:45 AM | |
Ghost of Retard
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Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 18923 |
I'm about to upgrade our network and would like to look at new antivirus. |
| 4/27/11 4:10 PM | |
Anarkis
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Member Since: 1/22/05 Posts: 1520 |
SEP11 |
| 4/27/11 5:38 PM | |
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elgringo
Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 10438 |
We use AVG, a version of it is included in the monitoring agent software we install on client computers. However, I prefer to Microsoft Security Essentials. It's actually a great product imo. |
| 4/27/11 7:47 PM | |
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Ho Kogan
Member Since: 11/2/10 Posts: 259 |
I've managed a bunch of different AV products in a 200+ user network. SEP11 is terrible and a resource hog. We use AVG now and it's better on resources but the detection rates are poor. We're moving to Kaspersky as licensing expires. If you want to make a decision based on data, try the reports at av-comparatives.org. Microsoft Security Essentials is not legal to use in a corporate environment, it's for personal use only. |
| 4/28/11 9:07 AM | |
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gsx_r
Member Since: 9/17/09 Posts: 645 |
mcaffe. It's worth the licensing costs. |
| 4/28/11 11:42 AM | |
crunk404
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Member Since: 3/13/06 Posts: 7240 |
symantec. it's a pile of shit. |
| 4/28/11 5:20 PM | |
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Ghost of Retard
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Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 18932 |
gsx_r - mcaffe. This is what i've always used before . I agree, and this is what i was going to suggest. |
| 4/28/11 5:48 PM | |
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Ho Kogan
Member Since: 11/2/10 Posts: 261 |
http://chart.av-comparatives.org/chart2.php Kaspersky is where it's at |
| 4/30/11 10:50 PM | |
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Anarkis
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Member Since: 1/22/05 Posts: 1569 |
Ho Kogan - I've managed a bunch of different AV products in a 200+ user network. SEP11 is not a resource hog. Perhaps you have it configured wrong. AVG and Kaspersky are pieces of shit |
| 5/9/11 10:57 AM | |
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Porkchop74
Member Since: 10/23/07 Posts: 566 |
viper from sunbelt software it is a good product |
| 5/22/11 2:46 PM | |
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kao
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Member Since: 3/13/02 Posts: 3146 |
SEP11 isn't a resource hog i agree, but the detection rate sucks! can't even block simple XP antivirus 2011. |
| 5/22/11 3:14 PM | |
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Ho Kogan
Member Since: 11/2/10 Posts: 298 |
Maybe SEP11 is better now but I did a bunch of deployments between the original release and MR4 and it was terrible. I even have emails from one of the devs that worked on it admitting to me how bad it was on system resources. Temp files >1gb in users' temp folders, >20gb disk space requirement for a network of less than 15 users, >1GB memory usage on clients, content update folder on server creating multiple gigabytes of files daily, it broke PEAP and EAP-TLS on XP workstations, etc... SEP11 is on maintenance release 6 right now and I abandoned it after MR4 and it was still having massive problems. |
| 5/23/11 5:41 PM | |
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Anarkis
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Member Since: 1/22/05 Posts: 1989 |
We never have any problems with SEP11 in our environment. Then again, we also have a 3 year refresh cycle. Kapersky looks like it actually got better. I heard Comodo has a good detection rate and its free. |
| 5/23/11 5:43 PM | |
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Ho Kogan
Member Since: 11/2/10 Posts: 302 |
Anarkis - We never have any problems with SEP11 in our environment. Then again, we also have a 3 year refresh cycle. Kapersky looks like it actually got better. I heard Comodo has a good detection rate and its free. How many users do you manage in your SEP11 environment? |
| 5/23/11 6:58 PM | |
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Anarkis
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Edited: 05/23/11 6:58 PM Member Since: 1/22/05 Posts: 1992 |
Ho Kogan -Anarkis - We never have any problems with SEP11 in our environment. Then again, we also have a 3 year refresh cycle. Kapersky looks like it actually got better. I heard Comodo has a good detection rate and its free. I personally manager about 60 users. Our customer base overall though is 75,000+. Another group handles SEP for those users but I get reports on problem in the general pop as part of my job. My previous location was in hundred of thousands though and never heard complaints about SEP11. |
| 5/24/11 3:39 PM | |
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poober
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Member Since: 3/11/07 Posts: 1484 |
G-data now, it's been nice. We've used AVG, Kaspersky, and Norton in the past. Norton was the only one we had serious issues with. |
| 6/8/11 3:27 PM | |
NHBDaddy
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Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 20536 |
Sophos |
| 6/14/11 4:21 PM | |
audit
Member Since: 6/13/11 Posts: 3 |
Trend has worked great for me at all the companies I've set it up at. I've yet to have a single virus or malware infect a system since I've installed on our main network in the last 5 years. That's with over 200k computers attached to it and over 25% roaming laptops. |
| 6/14/11 4:55 PM | |
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audit
Member Since: 6/13/11 Posts: 4 |
Not really, Trend has caught everything that has tried to infect our systems. |
| 6/14/11 6:53 PM | |
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_TERRILBE_
Member Since: 9/23/10 Posts: 15 |
audit - Not really, Trend has caught everything that has tried to infect our systems. On the systems or on workstations/user computers? To say over 200k user controlled computers over 5 years with out ANY viruses is a job well done.... But I would say it seems impossible too. lol My company uses: ESET Smart Security 4.2.40.0 -- No +/- reviews because it's new to us. |
| 6/14/11 8:10 PM | |
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audit
Member Since: 6/13/11 Posts: 6 |
It's not impossible if done correctly and I run my network and security tighter then a an ants ass. Everything from the servers on down to the workstations/laptops all on win7. I check the office scan console daily as well as get emails to what's happening. Everything gets deleted or quarantined. 
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| 6/15/11 8:33 AM | |
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Ho Kogan
Member Since: 11/2/10 Posts: 334 |
audit - Trend has worked great for me at all the companies I've set it up at. I've yet to have a single virus or malware infect a system since I've installed on our main network in the last 5 years. That's with over 200k computers attached to it and over 25% roaming laptops. Do you work on the largest TrendMicro deployment in the world? "The largest deployment is 200,000 hosts." http://trendmicro.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&year=0&type=current&news_item=814 |
| 6/15/11 9:37 AM | |
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audit
Member Since: 6/13/11 Posts: 7 |
We have multiple offices around the globe and each office has it's own deployment of Office Scan for the clients that work out of that office. I have a few screens that shows me all the VPN users logged in, nagios stats from each office and the servers as well as the OfficeScan Admin panel. I don't know if that is the largest deployment since each office has their own license or not. |
| 6/15/11 10:48 AM | |
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Ghost of Retard
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Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 19389 |
Audit thanks I've looked at TrendMicro before , but i may take another look now. Is it good at catching spyware as well as faggot viruses? |
| 6/15/11 11:26 AM | |
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audit
Member Since: 6/13/11 Posts: 8 |
It's very good at catching spyware. Look at the OfficeScan suite. |
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