Re: Sophos Anti-Virus

["Gregg, Christopher S." <CSGREGG () STTHOMAS EDU>]

Similar story here for us.  We have been using Sophos as our campus-wide AV
solution for about 4-5 years now.  We had some of the same problems
mentioned by others such as client update problems, but nothing that seemed
excessive.  Since upgrading to the new version in February things have been
going much better.  The new version caught a lot of viruses that the old
version didn't, and the new version has a spyware/malware scan that caught a
lot of junk that was out their in our desktop fleet.  The only negative I
have heard is that the new version takes up a significant amount of RAM
(~33MB) compared to the old version.

Chris Gregg


Director of Information Security
Information Resources and Technologies
University of St. Thomas
2115 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55105
csgregg () stthomas edu



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From: Michael Bean [mailto:BeanM () STMARY EDU]
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 4:43 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Sophos Anti-Virus



I have to agree with Bob.  We have Sophos installed on our network and it is
working great.  We also experienced similar problems that Nathaniel reported
but have found the new version to address them.  The initial setup and
installs can be a bit confusing but once you get it up and running it works
pretty seamlessly and requires little intervention.



Michael H. Bean
PC Technician
Information Services
University of Saint Mary
4100 South 4th Street
Leavenworth, KS  66048
682-5151 ext. 6999
Email:  BeanM () stmary edu

> > > Bob Ono <raono () UCDAVIS EDU> 5/11/2007 4:32 PM >>>
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