Re: anti virus for sbs

Thanks for the reply, I will check them out.

I just want the server protected, we have antivirus on the workstations, and
are locked into a contract for another year.
I would love to have a proper antivirus on the server, to protect the server
and exchange, but most companies seem to force you to buy more licenses than
are really needed. We are a small company and $600+ for a product that
comes with licenses that we won't use is rather expensive. I know the cost
of a virus outbreak can also be expensive, but I just need ONE license to be
secure!!!



"Duncan McC" <hard@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:MPG.22d51234feef1ad989996@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <ORA3do42IHA.4448@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
MMurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
Anyone know of a company that sells an antivirus products for SBS that
will
not try to sell me 5 (or more) licenses at a time. I thought Avast was
selling 1 license at a time, but their advertising is misleading, they
want
to sell 5 at a time.

I just need 1 license for the server, the workstations are locked up in a
product already, and we don't have the money to spend on 4 extra licenses
that will just sit around.

Seems like EVERY company wants me to buy more than 1 license. If I
needed 6
they want to sell me 10, or if I needed 21 they would try to sell me
25......

When you speak of antivirus for SBS - I think... Server based antivirus
deployment to workstations (and definition updating), and MS Exchange
protection.

It sounds like your wk.stations have anti.v on them (not server based
deployment (or anti.v definition deployment from the server either).

So you just want MS Exchange protection? I wonder if many here would
consider antivirus on the Server to be essential (certainly I think
realtime file scanning is bad on a server). Do you need to scan the
server at all? (You're going 'cheap as possible' right?)

Anyway, Sophos will sell you an individual licence, AFAIK - either or:
Antivirus and MS Exchange (PureMessage).

Only problem with Sophos is they seem to be about the most expensive
around! :( That said, I'll vote for them - great product, updates as
often as you want, fantastic support. PureMessage has a nice Admin
Console and "Dashboard" too.

--
Duncan


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