OK I realize we all hate Microsoft and that their products are the worst thing since losing the Gymnastics gold medal, but for the price of *FREE* Defender does a good job at finding and removing some malware.
It misses perfect in many ways, I don't like its resource consumption in real-time protection mode, and I don't know that its really setup for managing in an enterprise. But its updates integrate with Microsoft Update and again the price is right. Don't run it here, but have used it to clean up spyware/malware infestations where price was a factor. There is some devil's advocate for you -troy -----Original Message----- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 12:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution? 2 things: a) Two words: downgrade rights. Dell gives you the option to have XP pre-installed on machines with a Vista Business license, and if you buy a HP business-class desktop with Vista Business they give you re-install media *and* driver CDs for both. b) Defender is a POS. The same can be said for most anti-spyware packages. The best one out there is the list host's CounterySpy. It's available as a stand-alone consumer package, a stand-alone enterprise-grade managed package, and bundled with their VIPRE anti-virus package. VIPRE is also available as a consumer package and an enterprise-grade managed package. Reimer, Mark wrote: > We are doing the Vista thing on new machines, as XP is getting harder > to get a hold of. > > As a policy, should we use Windows Defender that comes with Vista, > and is upgraded frequently through our WSUS server, or should we > remove it, and use some other antivirus/antispyware solution(s)? > > Just curious what others are thinking/doing about this. -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
