Re: "Best" Antivirus?

That is like saying Microsoft has more security issues than another OS or
gets hacked more often beause it is bad software, if you have a greater
proportion of users you are going to see a greater proportion of problems
listed.

Like the Apple crowd claiming they don't have many virus threats compared to
MS, but they only have a 4% market share but relatively speaking they are
probably no better off.

Very few seem to use some of the other programs so they appear to have less
problems which is not necessarily the case.


"aus" <aus@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> One way to test the water is to see how many issues people have here with
> anti-virus. Trend seem to have the most problems - look back at the last
> months postings - regular issues ufortunately. At the moment the embedded
> Trend anti virus in a firewall appliance I am using has decided to treat
> random emails as infected - when they are not. Too many bad issues with
> Trend for my liking.
>
> GFI released an update some weeks back that crashed servers - which was
> nice (they did say sorry!) - lucily I hadn't implemented their solution
> fully to experience the fun.
>
> I recommend AVG myself having used most all of the others - most
> extensivley Network Asociates (Mcaffe). I see most of the main stream
> suppliers as being bloatware to justify the prices they charge. Some have
> huge updates, others much smaller but achieve the same results.
>
> Have a look at AVG - it simple but effective and doesnt have the overhead
> of other scanners. I also found it runs with evrything - from 95, NT and
> Exchange 5.5 to SBS 2003 - a major plus for me as others have started
> dropping support for NT and Exchange 5.5. Decent support too (they answer
> the same day without having you jump through hoops).
>
>
>
> Panagiotis Ladas wrote:
>> Thanks for the answer Brad
>>
>> I know that this is a very religious question so I don't want to take it
>> any further than a small poll let's say :) I want to see if there is
>> something like ... "common practice" or even better suggestions on
>> products that I must avoid!
>>
>> What makes everything slightly more complicated is that I want to have
>> ONE antivirus in every part of the network (File Server, Exchange Server,
>> Desktop pcs)
>>
>> Again thanks for the suggestions!
>>
>> Regards
>> Panos
>>
>> "Brad Dinerman [MVP - Windows Server Syst" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>This is a very religious question, and you're likely to incite religious
>>>zealoutry when it comes to the selection of an antivirus product to use.
>>>Everyone has their own personal favorite for various reasons.
>>>
>>>We typically recommend Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.0 for
>>>file-level scanning, and GFI Mail Security for Exchange Server e-mail
>>>scanning. Symantec has proven to be a very stable product (though every
>>>product has an occasional exception) and easy to administer.
>>>
>>>I am not certain if Symantec has a trial edition or not, but I do know
>>>that GFI does. You can find it at http://www.gfi.com.
>>>
>>>Yours,
>>>Brad Dinerman
>>>
>>>
>>>______________________________________
>>>Bradley J. Dinerman, MVP - Windows Server Systems
>>>President, New England Information Security Group
>>>http://www.neisg.org
>>>
>>>Panagiotis Ladas wrote:
>>>
>>>>Good morning everybody,
>>>>
>>>>I just wanted to ask which antivirus solution do you consider to be best
>>>>for a SBS 2003 and the users' desktops? I get rather confused with all
>>>>the available choices (Symantec, Trend, Sophos, McAfee) as the SBS
>>>>environment is broad (Exchange, File Server, Win XP Desktops that have
>>>>to get protection).
>>>>
>>>>Do you have any suggestions or just opinions?
>>>>
>>>>Kind regards
>>>


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