I'm not arguing F-Prot isn't technically better than McAfee. It might be. We think ClamAV is better or as good as both and we just have the commercial license as a safety net. So our main argument would be price and status.
As a comparison, F-Prot is $300 a year for a Corporate Server License and McAfee Command Line is like $75 for 5 user licenses for 2 years (based on my last quite from 1/31/05 from CDW). Since defang is a single user, you just need 1 license but 5 is the minimum to purchase.
Worldwide or US aside, I would argue that McAfee has a very good brand recognition at the corporate & general user levels.
Finally, while I appreciate the security notice, I think we can all agree that virus scanning is only useful if you are running the latest engine and signatures regardless of the software used. So for the benefit of others using McAfee, the McAfee 4440 engine patched the LHA exploit Secunia found like Oct/Nov of last year.
Regards, KAM
http://secunia.com/advisories/14628/
Also, refering to previous av posts, I don't use a product because it is
"popular," I might use it because of its reputation in the field. Mostly, I
use products that work... my customers care not if I use McAfee, Norton, etc..
they care that they are protected... and I have found F-Prot to be a heck of
alot less quirky than McAfee and their response to alerts a bit quicker. These
are my findings.. maybe yours varied... just the "go with the flow" mentality
some have kinda rubs me the wrong way.. luckily.. my company does not have any
pointy haired management types to worry about!
If we all used "popular" products then we all have windows servers........ hehe
Also, F-Prot is very big overseas and very big in the enterprise market...
unlike McAfee. Regardless of what you choose.. most products are similar, it
is more important that you keep it up to date IMHO.
Jim
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