RE: Corporate Antivirus Systems

["Ramki B Ramakrishnan" <bramkie () gmail com>]

IMO its best to 1) refer to a source like Av-Comparatives and 2) then do a
pilot (on a test network) and decide. 

I made the mistake of skipping the 2nd step; decided on F-secure and now
users are facing performance issues. And the best part is local support
vendor says upgrade hardware; which will not work in the current economic
climate.

TEST before you buy... 

HTH, Thanks
Ramki

> -----Original Message-----
> From: listbounce () securityfocus com
> [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Walton
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 11:21 PM
> To: Jason Hurst
> Cc: Andrew Kuriger; kurt.buff () gmail com; ramiro.caire () gmail com;
> security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: Corporate Antivirus Systems
>
> > Av-Comparatives has recently released its annual comparison in May,
> located here:
> > http://www.av-
> comparatives.org/images/stories/test/ondret/avc_report22.pdf
> Interesting results. I'd like to see other metrics factored into the
> testing. For example, module 'robustness'.
>
> For example, suppose a malware author can surreptitiously block the
> update service. Then, it does not matter how often the vendor
> publishes its updates or how often the client poll for the new
> definitions.
>
> I agree theat Microsoft and ESET are among the better products
> (Advanced+ rating). But Kaspersky clearly does not belong in the same
> category when using additional metrics.
>
> Jeff
>
> On 7/14/09, Jason Hurst <Jason.Hurst () pandarg com> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I would suggest doing some research into selecting an appropriate
> anti-virus first. It doesn't matter how good of a management console
> you have, if the anti-virus can't catch viruses. :-)
> > Av-Comparatives has recently released its annual comparison in May,
> located here: http://www.av-
> comparatives.org/images/stories/test/ondret/avc_report22.pdf
> > Virus-Bulletin also has its own comparatives, which get awarded its
> VB100 award, located here:
> http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/results?display=summary (Free
> registration is required to view)
> > Based on our research, we selected Eset NOD32 as our Anti-virus, and
> use their remote administrator server and console.
> > However, their remote administrator server still has some bugs and
> requires some polish.
> > Jason Hurst
> > Sr. Network Security Administrator
> > Panda Restaurant Group
> > jason.hurst () pandarg com
> > Please consider the environment before printing this email
> >
> > [SNIP]
>
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