Okay bought it. Thanks for the heads up. Will be testing it out and will report shortly.
I've always heard good things about the corporate NIS products, but have never had a chance to try them out. Now will be the time. On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 11:43 PM, Tim Lider <[email protected]> wrote: > You should be able to. It's at: > > http://www.symantec.com/business/products/purchasing.jsp?pcid=pcat_security&; > pvid=endpt_prot_sbe_1&inid=us_SMBSolutions_Security_BuyNow2_SMBStore > > It's like $36.74 US > > Regards, > > Tim Lider > Sr. Data Recovery Specialist > Advanced Data Solutions, LLC > http://www.adv-data.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Zulfiqar Naushad > > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 12:32 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [H] Random thoughts on Kaspersky > > > > Speaking of nis. Can I get just one license of the corporate offering? > > > > Wouldn't mind trying it out. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Jan 4, 2012, at 11:23 PM, Tim Lider <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello Thane, > > > > > > Like Zulfiqar said, it is lame. I've tested it in house a while back > > > and it does not work as well as Microsoft Security Essentials and MSE > > is free. > > > > > > I suggest scrapping that and either go the free route with MSE or get > > > NIS 2012. > > > > > > Good luck, > > > > > > Tim Lider > > > Sr. Data Recovery Specialist > > > Advanced Data Solutions, LLC > > > http://www.adv-data.com > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > > >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington > > >> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 12:09 PM > > >> To: [email protected] > > >> Subject: Re: [H] Random thoughts on Kaspersky > > >> > > >> At 03:59 PM 04/01/2012, Thane Sherrington wrote: > > >>> I've never been a fan of Kaspersky, based on the largely > > >>> unscientific observation that many computers that come in with it > > >>> install are also infected. I just had to install the POS on a > > >>> client's computer today, and I think I know why it's so > > ineffective. > > >>> The initial update will probably be well over 100MB in size (I'm at > > >>> 41% complete and it's 63.8MB). Any program that requires updates > > of > > >>> this size isn't going > > >> to > > >>> get successfully updated very often, I wouldn't think. Now part of > > >>> this update is engine updates, admittedly, but even a full download > > >>> of Avira is only 80MB, so I'm not sure what the heck Kaspersky is > > doing. > > >>> > > >>> (I also think the founder likes to make wild-ass claims on twitter > > >>> and in interviews which makes me a bit leery of the product as > > >>> well.) > > >>> > > >>> Maybe I'm being unfair, but I thought I'd mention this in case > > >>> someone is considering it. > > >> > > >> Update finished (well sort of) 106.3MB. No program updates. The > > >> dashboard then tells you it's up to date, but the detail report > > tells > > >> you that not all updates were downloaded. Another manual update > > >> (5.6MB) and then a third (866 bytes but took 43 seconds to complete, > > >> which seems odd). After all three it tells me that there were no > > >> more updates needed. Not a great feeling from this software. > > >> > > >> T > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- Best Regards, Zulfiqar Naushad
