Well we are using Sybari Antigen at the gateway, which by the way has been an A+ performer, and has yet to let us down, even after several virus storms. I use Norton Corp Edition on the desktop, and yes the management is very easy and streamlined. I literally set it up and rolled it out to the users in a matter of a few hours. Since then I have put maybe 6 hours over the last 6 months into that system. It just freaking runs and runs well. I never have to touch it, except for virus response and log analysis. I can with a clean conscience recommend Norton as a very viable solution. With as many horror stories as I have heard out there, I feel pretty lucky to have chosen Norton AV. Also, with the issue of Norton being slow on the release, most fast spreading viruses go by email these days, so your gateway AV system picks up the slack when your are filtering by attachment. WE just don't allow most attachments into our network, except those for business purposes.
hope this helped, Tony -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Kha Do [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 10:35 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: Antivirus Strategy I know I'm about to start a huge fire here - It is pretty much in agreeance that for comprehensive antivirus protection, you need scanning at the gateway, smtp, group mail and client levels. I'd like to focus more on the clients here in this discussion, but where other protection with suites ties in would be appropriate as well. How do some of you enjoy / dislike the enterprise-management features of your protection - mainly in relation to NAV Corporate, or McAfee VirusScan / Netshield in conjunction with the ePolicy Orchestrator? Right now some issues I have are that Symantec seems to consistently be slower at releasing definitions than McAfee, but I have heard better things about the Norton mangement console than about ePolicy Orchestrator. We have a very hodge-podge defense right now - no gateway or SMTP defense, Norton on Exchange (we also have a UNIX POP server that we are migrating away from with no protection other than .procmailrc files), and McAfee on the desktops and servers with no ePolicy management - and are in the process of re-evaluating our entire overall strategy. Our users are 700 regular employees, faculty, and public lab workstations, and 1200 students in dorms that we cannot install software for. We're also considering eSafe Gateway, because it is so comprehensive and is cheaper than other gateway solutions. Do some of you relax your client protection if you invest in fully comprehensive gateway protection?? Thanks in advance. -Alex ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
