Oh give me a tool to remove Symantec 9 and 10 and I will have a PO tomorrow. Ok, well maybe end of the week..
-----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Symantec Endpoint Protection Like what? A tool to help uninstall McAfee? That would be nice... On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Stu Sjouwerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, and don't forget Sunbelt's Ninja for the exchange server. > http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/Ninja-Email-Security/ > > While we are talking, VIPRE Enterprise on the desktop will > prevent those insanely long boot times as well. > http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ > > Simon, ask for a quote. Will make you an offer you cannot refuse. > Warm regards, > Stu > > ________________________________ > From: Simon Butler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 6:30 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection > > "But I do like that we have the one brand for both desktop AV and Exchange > AV, and would like to keep it that way." > > You like having a single point of failure for your AV software? > > I am the complete opposite to you. I hate having the same brand on Exchange > and the desktops and will avoid it where possible. > > In your current scenario you have one defence system - as both the desktop > and Exchange AV will be working on the same set of definition files. It gets > past one it will get past the other and your machines will be infected. > > I will leave the Symantec bashing out of it, but will say that I see more > infected systems that are "protected" by Symantec than any others. > > What you should be looking for is to have something different on the > Exchange server to provide dual levels of protection. Something like GFI > Mail Security, Microsoft Forefront or the list host's product. Something > using multiple definition files that are not the same as what you are using > now. > The idea being that if one doesn't catch, the other will. > > Simon. > > > -- > Simon Butler > MVP: Exchange, MCSE > Amset IT Solutions Ltd. > > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > w: www.amset.co.uk > w: www.amset.info > > Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0? > http://CertificatesForExchange.com/ for certificates from just $23.99. > Need a domain for your certificate? http://DomainsForExchange.net/ > > > > ________________________________ > From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 July 2008 21:44 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection > > So I guess what I'm really asking here, now that I'm not trying to bash > Symantec, is this: > > > > Are there enough improvements with the new version (mainly overhead, bloat, > etc.) to recommend upgrading to it? My users' main complaint is that their > computer takes sooooo long to completely boot up in the morning, and this is > because Symantec is doing a startup scan and takes a huge portion of CPU > cycles, which bogs down the entire system. I personally would love to tell > them not to upgrade, but wait until the contract ends, and dump Symantec > like a hot potato. But I do like that we have the one brand for both > desktop AV and Exchange AV, and would like to keep it that way. > > > > Joe Heaton > > ________________________________ > > From: Michael Hoffman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 11:56 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection > > > > I liked the product, it's just that at launch it was too heavy to run on > anything but a dedicated box. As all our clients have SBS we just renewed > and kept them on v.10. The new version is a lot lighter, but I'm still > nervous about older servers and we are looking at a more blended defence. > I'll probably keep renewing my clients for one more year and then see. > > > > Mike > > > > From: Michael Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 July 2008 19:11 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Symantec Endpoint Protection > > > > I have v11.. and the latest greatest rendition, MP2 MR1.. fantastic.. > > But for email servers, id use trend micro's scanmail. IMHO. > > > > From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 12:34 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Symantec Endpoint Protection > > > > Anyone using this that is happy with it? Also, is there anyone here that > doesn't think Symantec is a big pile? I personally hate the product, and > wish that I made the decisions around here, but I don't, so I have to come > up with objective reviews of SEP, and whether or not we should upgrade from > v.10 to the Symantec Mulit-tier protection system, with SEP, SAV Mobile and > Mail Security. > > > > Joe Heaton > > AISA > > Employment Training Panel > > 1100 J Street, 4th Floor > > Sacramento, CA 95814 > > (916) 327-5276 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.6/1577 - Release Date: 7/28/2008 > 6:55 AM > > > > > > . > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
