Re: Business Antivirus Recommendations

[Luke Gerhardt <lgerhardt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Where to start...

We used Panda for a few years, but had severe problems with its system 
requirements on our PCs.  Many had to get memory upgrades in order to be 
up-to-par for the scans to not totally lock the system.  Then, even on a 
decent system, I had the scan process often jump to 99% of my system 
during even just definitions updates.  Not a fun experience.

Now we have VIPRE.  It's okay...if you don't have a laptop...and don't 
use VPN...and don't run Microsoft Exchange.  We bought their product 
because it seemed more cost-effective and looked like it had better 
management features.  It does have a lot more features than 
Panda...but...we've been on the phone with them at least 3 days each 
week to correct each of the issues I mentioned above.  For about three 
weeks our Exchange box would freeze hard after running anywhere from 3 
minutes to 18 hours.  You'd never know when to expect it, and the only 
cure was to shut it down hard and boot it again.  The only solution was 
to remove VIPRE.  Now, they had us run only the email scanning, but 
leave no live system protection on the server...

That's been our experience, and of course YMMV.  If possible, get a live 
trial of the software in your own environment, and on hardware you 
select.  Then, and only then, will you really know if it will be a good 
fit or your worst nightmare...

On 2010/10/28 13:00, pctech-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> message: 1
> date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:08:56 -0700
> from: Bill<brobins3d@xxxxxxxxx>
> subject: [PCTECH] Business Antivirus Recommendations
>
> In the next couple of weeks we are going to have the opportunity to
> change our AV product, if we decide to do so.  We currently are running
> Symantec Endpoint Protection and Symantec Exchange Protection.
>
> We are satisfied with Symantec and have this opportunity only because of
> a change to the business.  Prior to Symantec we were running Trend Micro
> and were not happy with it, so it's out of consideration.
>
> We'll be on our own as to what we pick, so we need to consider
> everything available.  What have you found you liked and what have you
> found you didn't like?
>
> I do like the AV model where the software settings are maintained at a
> main server rather than having each PC being it's own separate installation.
>
> Bill