From what you describe I think you could actually save money by purchasing Trend Micro NeatSuite or the SMB product as a package with Control Manager and save some money in the long run. I haven't seen much in the past 30-60 days myself and am in a similar situation sizewise: 8 servers, 5 people and probably close to 3,000 messages a day. Last real virus I have seen come through was a Bagle.AC or AH variety. Things have been very quiet but well filtered. I have scanned with other products as well with no positive hits.
If your really concerned you can check your email reputation with CipherTrust: trustedsource.org If you are really infected and don't know it, chances are you'll show up through this portal.
Brent Eads
Employee Technology Solutions, Inc.
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| "Susan Bradley, CPA
aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/15/2006 10:37 AM
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Sit them down.
Tell them they are not saving money with you sneakernetting to make sure
that those onesy and twosey are working at they should.
Trend CSM also does vulnernability scans (scans for missing patches).
www.threadcode.com/antivirus.ppt
That's SBSized antivirus products (three of them compared) ... note that
ALL of them have an admin console.
Get yourself in the position that you can sit at the console eating bon
bons.
Shirley Graver wrote:
>It's has to do with Ownership perception. If I go to them and say I want to
>buy system wide virus protection that will be more efficient but it will
>cost $XXX.XX thousand dollars, all they will hear is "THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS".
>If I go and say that I spent $50.00 on a onesy twosey basis, they don't
>blink. Its a question of having something rather than 'nothing'. Previous,
>battles have been Marketing hijacking the Email system altering to their own
>specs, melting down a proxy server, and infesting the network with hundreds
>of virus's and thousands of spam's because they would listen about filtering
>practices. Everybody, thinks they know better.
>
>Shirley Graver
>Systems Administrator
>Rubber Associates
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 10:01 AM
>To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
>Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Virus' Where are they?
>
>You use PCCillian in a small LAN? Why not a console/domain based A/V?
>
>Shirley Graver wrote:
>
>
>>I have a small network, (30 systems 3 servers), two independent email
>>channels. One channel is a web based service, the other hosted at our
>>location. Each workstation and server has its own automatically
>>updated (daily) virus software (Trend/PcCillin). All systems get an
>>automated weekly scan. My concern is; neither email channel is logging
>>any virus detections, all the software tests ok. None of the
>>workstations or servers are detecting any virus'. Zero detections over
>>the past 30 days. Our volume is about 2400 messages a month. So
>>where'd the virus' go?
>>
>>Shirley Graver
>>
>>Sys Admin
>>
>>Rubber Associates
>>
>>
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