CNET is pretty good and resonably independent / objective. This is their current list of antispyware products (many include AV) http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3688_7-6812013-1.html?tag=feat.1 CounterSpy is their number one choice. Defender is second, 'cuz it's free. However, Defender does not do very well in shoot-outs. But for an enterprise app, the most important thing is RESOURCES, (apart from catch rates obviously) Check which consumer products are taking how much. We are now working on the enterprise side of these products: http://www.vipreenterprise.com/Why-VIPRE-Enterprise/VIPRE-Stats.htm I would very much like you to try VIPRE enterprise and let the list know how this went: http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ Here is someone who did! "Everything seems to be working great. Installation was a breeze and as your marketing claims, I can't even notice it's running.
"We originally had Norton AV (years ago) and switched because of the incredible lag it created when installed. Then we switched to Computer Associates (CA) eTrust. Even that was too much for my manufacturing floor machines, and as those machines don't have access to the internet, I actually removed all AV from them. Another thing I disliked about eTrust - the interface is done in Java and hardly ever worked right. "Now that some of my manufacturing floor users have started needing internet email access, I've been itching to put AV back on, and VIPRE seems to be working great. I haven't gotten a single complaint yet that any of those systems are acting slow. I use to occasionally put our previous AV software on a few machines just to make sure no virus was running ramptant out there, and I'd immediately get feedback that certain machines were acting really slow. "Anyways, great job on the new system! Easy to install, easy to deploy, great interface, and almost no system performance hit. Plus a very reasonable price too! Thanks!" -- Ron ________________________________ From: Durf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 1:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution? AVG 8 is a pig if you turn on all the features though, especially the Link Inspector. Whatever you use, remember to leave UAC turned on and the users running as non-admin. :) -- Durf On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Carl Houseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would suggest that since AVG's Free version now includes their anti-spyware stuff, a home user is in pretty good shape with that. For business users who are buying AV anyway, buy one that has the AS stuff included - e.g. AVG, Vipre, etc. In the FWIW dept, I have seen Defender sound off about things detected, so it's not 100% placebo. Maybe only 99%. ;) Carl -----Original Message----- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 12:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows Defender or some other antivirus/anti spyware solution? I have to disagree. The price of free is not worth the suckfest that you operate under the false-sense of security with. I've repaired enough compromised systems to validate the "free" price tag of anything. NOD32 and Spybot Search and Destroy (with TeaTimer running) FTW. If you are only going to run free stuff, dont use IE. Use Firefox with AdblockPlus and NoScript addons installed. On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Troy Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- -------------- Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks! .. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
