Re: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus solution

[Wes Deviers <wdevie () hrcsb org>]

I'll second Kaspersky.  We switched recently from a more... "mainstream" 
AV that kept bogging down the old machines.  The product itself is 
great; if you have Active Directory, the management console works fine.  
If you don't, you have to do the management based on IP ranges and 
that's a bit trickier.  But then then non-AD set is probably less than 
10 installations worldwide any more : (

The management console also gives you the ability to remotely install 
custom packages with surprisingly little hassle.  If you don't already 
have a remote software installation kit (or don't like the one you have) 
the Kasperksy console has turned out to be really useful for that as well.

I can't really say much about detection level; we don't get many viruses 
on the network.  But it has a much smaller footprint than other AVs I've 
used. 

Wes

On 02/14/2008 05:20 PM, Jennifer Brooker wrote:
> We currently use Kaspersky after switching this year from Symantec
> Corporate version 10. We to were Symantec users for many years (and
> versions). The initial setup of Kaspersky can be somewhat tricky but it
> has been working extremely well for us and has a very small footprint. I
> also like the ability of Kaspersky to have nodes update from either the
> central server in network or their online server if the node is a mobile
> node and out of network coverage. Kaspersky will also quarantine nodes
> depending on what rules you setup. 
>
> As a side note Kaspersky found at least a dozen infections that Symantec
> did not catch. 
>
> Jennifer Brooker
>
> Partner, IT Specialist
>
> www.wealthmgmt.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com]
> On Behalf Of Mike Hale
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 1:20 PM
> To: illuminaeti () gmail com
> Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: recommendations for centrally managed corporate antivirus
> solution
>
> We just rolled out TrendMicro at my last company.
>
> It worked fairly well.
>
> On 14 Feb 2008 15:38:41 -0000, illuminaeti () gmail com
> <illuminaeti () gmail com> wrote:
>   
> > Hi list
> >
> >
> > On the different networks I manage, I've been using Symantec corporate
> >     
> since version 7. I've never had any major issues with it until now.
>   
> > Version 11, now called "Symantec endpoint Protection" requires IIS and
> >     
> either MS SQL or the symantec embedded database. I installed a copy on a
> test server and it just about crippled it. Network access from clients
> was incredibly slow and processor use was hitting %100. I've heard the
> same comments from a collegue who installed it on a new server at the
> customer's request. The file server was virtually unusable even before
> the client was installed on the workstation. Also the new GUI is just
> plain awful.
>
>   
> >  I don't have the time or resources to tweak settings to get better
> >     
> performance out of the AV.
>   
> >  I've heard good things about NOD32, Sophos and Kaspersky.  I've
> >     
> started looking around and of course, every website I visit tells me the
> software they sell is the best in the universe.
>   
> > So, looking for real answers from real users, I thought I'd ask you
> >     
> all about your experience, positive or negative, with various corporate
> antivirus software.
>   
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     
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