Re: ESET antivirus

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is for business.  We now have Symantec Endpoint Protection which works
just fine.  The issue I have with SEP is we bought different licenses at
different times, and Symantec won't allow renewals to make them co-terminus.

But I may stay with them anyway.  I like the central admin.


On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Tom Jedrzejewicz
<tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I also use Microsoft Security Essentials at home and recommend it to all
> who
> ask. It is free for personal use, and is really good.  The footprint is
> small and it installs and updates easily.
>
> Note about "free for personal use".  While I am sure there are businesses
> who also use it, it is a violation of the licensing agreement and I don't
> recommend it to clients for that reason.
>
> I didn't mention it initially because Jeff asked about "administration",
> which implied to me that it is for a business.
>
> ---------
> Tom Jedrzejewicz
> tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> "Illegitimi non carborundum"
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 5:03 AM, Matt Laskosky <matt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I'm not a PC tech but am an IT guy, I usually have 2-4 PC's setup for
> > myself, family and one in the spare room for visitors. I researched
> > antivirus programs a year or so ago and found that ESET received a lot of
> > good reviews and press; so, I took the plunge.  My experience was that
> ESET
> > did degrade the performance of my PC's to the extent that I uninstalled
> it
> > and went back to Norton; but, Norton also degraded the performance of my
> > PC's.  A couple of months ago the LCD on my Dell 9300 crapped out; so, I
> > bought a mini to setup as a spare/travel PC, at that time I researched
> > antivirus software again, I found that Microsoft essentials received a
> lot
> > of good reviews and press, and its free; so I took the plunge.  So far I
> > have been happy with Microsoft essentials, PC's performance is great, no
> > problems with viruses, program updates received often, I like it.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On
> > Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
> > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 6:59 AM
> > To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> > Subject: Re: [PCTECH] ESET antivirus
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Tom Jedrzejewicz
> > <tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> >
> > > I have run across it a couple of times.  One particular client (an
> > > accounting firm) was sold eSet by another IT guy and  despised it
> > > because it seems to slow their systems down. I suspect it was
> > > misconfigured, however.
> > > The admin client is fine.
> > >
> > > I prefer Trend myself.
> > >
> > > ---------
> > > Tom Jedrzejewicz
> > > tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > "Illegitimi non carborundum"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Jeff Crosby
> > > <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Those of you who use it, how is it?
> > > >
> > > > Does it do a good job?  Performance?  Administration?
> > > >
> > > > Any thoughts appreciated.
> > > >
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> > www.dilgardfoods.com
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