Re: Sophos Anti-Virus

[Bob Ono <raono () UCDAVIS EDU>]

Nathaniel,
At UC Davis, some campus units reported a number of use issues with
earlier versions of Sophos AV.  We asked these units to participate in
testing before we entered into a campus-wide agreement with Sophos.
These use problems were reportedly addressed in the current software
version. As an example, we find that Sophos provides virus/malware
updates many times a week, sometimes daily.

We do use other AV products in combination with Sophos. A multi-product
strategy for AV coverage has tremendous advantages.

Bob

Robert Ono
IT Security Coordinator
Office of the Vice Provost
Information and Educational Technology
University of California, Davis




-----Original Message-----
From: HALL, NATHANIEL D. [mailto:halln () OTC EDU] 
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 2:08 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Sophos Anti-Virus

I used to support Sophos on a small 10 client network.  I was not
pleased with it at all.  I had problems getting it to update, I only
received updates monthly, and there were numerous viruses on the
systems.  I later ran TrendMicro software on the systems and found over
70 viruses on a single system.  I ended up having over 200 throughout
the entire network.  Sophos is not a piece of software I recommend.

--
Nathaniel Hall, GSEC GCFW GCIA GCIH GCFA
Network Security System Administrator
OTC Computer Networking

Office: (417) 447-7535

-----Original Message-----
From: Walker, Sam [mailto:swalker () WVSOM EDU] 
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 3:24 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Sophos Anti-Virus

Hello.  I was inquired about anyone currently using Sophos as an
anti-virus product.  I have viewed the product through an on-line web
cast via a sales rep but wished to obtain actual end-user opinions
before proceeding with installing a demo locally.

Thanks in advance,

Sam Walker
WVSOM