[cfaussie] Re: OT: Virus protection software

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:40:07 -0700

Actually, it might work out better for their competition.  Now Microsoft have zero incentive to really secure their products out-of-the-box, and it is clear that you will have to buy something to do the job, there is no need for it to be a MS product.  Of course, plenty of people will use it by default, but if they actually fixed their products there would be no market whatsoever for Symantec et al.  It might actually force these other companies to build decent products for a change also, as there will only be a market for one or two serious competitors.
 


 
On 6/8/06, Brett Payne-Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

And this is why I'll probably never use it...

http://techrepublic.com.com/5254-6257-0.html?forumID=99&threadID=176853&messageID=2024208&id=2252949

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Barry Beattie wrote:
> have ppl seen what Microsoft are up to?
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> http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19345228%5E15865%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
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> On 6/8/06, Joel Cass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Just wondering (this may sound a little dumb to some of you), how can I find
>> out more information about Symantec's "architecturally poor" software
>> architecture? How do you gauge it against other antivirus apps in this way?
>> It's always been very reliable and has picked up viruses pretty well up til
>> now..
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>> Joel
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]]On
>> Behalf Of Kym Kovan
>> Sent: Thursday, 8 June 2006 10:19 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [cfaussie] Re: OT: Virus protection software
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>> Hi Ryan,
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>> you wrote:
>>> Just a quick poll to find out which Virus / Spyware protection
>>> software people are using these days (no Linux is not an answer :). I
>>> turn to you CFAUSSIES because you probably have a similar work
>>> environment to me, and so understand the needs of a web agency.
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>>> We have been using CA VET until now, but that product is being phased
>>> out. I have had Symantec AV Corporate Edition recommended to me, but
>>> our experience in the past with Symantec products is that they can be
>>> intrusive for a developer.
>> Also Symantec's stuff is poor architecturally, it is not as effective as
>> some of the other products out there.
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>>> I gave McAfee Managed VirusScan a go, but it seemed to have a conflict
>>> with our desktop contact manager, which slowed to a crawl.
>> The only useful thing we found with McAffee was being able to scan
>> machines across the network when they were idle as the load was
>> intrusive otherwise.
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>>> Any ideas?
>> yes, TrendMicro.
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>> Excellent range of products from personal PC protection to
>> Enterprise-wide networked servers...
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>> Mind you we are biased as we are TrendMicro consulting partners but that
>> is for a reason, we checked all of the major firms and they were closest
>> to what we felt were our needs as a development shop and a Hosting Provider.
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>> HTH,
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>> Kym K
>> - where did my signature line go? -
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