I didn't know they were breeding... "One well known sire used"
Spell Checker != Grammar checker. Heh. On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Stu Sjouwerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RESEND - now with spell checker turned ON and some more data. > > ;-DD > Guys, > > There are almost a dozen different "official" testing sites, labs, orgs and > the like. > They are all wildly diverging in their numbers because of different testing > methods, > samples, methodology and scope + width of their nets. One well known sire > used > by computer magazines one uses Kaspersky as their --single-- benchmark. You > can imagine how that distorts things and also who comes out # 1 every single > time. > > We keep a sharp eye out for sites and how they rank products, including > ours. > These guys are minor players and I'm not so sure what version of our > software > they are using, and even which product, CounterSpy? VIPRE? > > The fact VIPRE is Checkmark WildList Certified shows that we get 100% of > that > list, both detection and disinfection. It's an indicator the product lives > up to at > least some kind of standard! ;-DD See the details here: > http://tinyurl.com/5g54jl > > Sunbelt's score on that MTC list is meaningless. I will ask Alex to > comment > on this some more, or even blog about it ! > > Thanks for the link though, so we could comment. > Warm regards, > > Stu > > > > ________________________________ > From: Michael D Faulkner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 5:36 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Corporate antivirus recommendation > > We use NOD32 on our servers. Was a bit disappointed with this recent > ranking report. > > http://mtc.sri.com/live_data/av_rankings/ > ________________________________ > From: Jonathan Merrill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 1:37 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Corporate antivirus recommendation > > I recommend ESET NOD, above all others. My team actually ran trials and > performed research on Symantec, McAfee, Trend Micro, ESET, Kaspersky, and > very recently Vipre. > > We have been running NOD in our 3-hospital environment for over 2 years with > resounding success - this is not a paid advertisement ;) > > _________________________________ > Jonathan Merrill > MCP, CCA, NET+ > Information Technology > www.gomerrill.com > _________________________________ > > > > > ________________________________ > Subject: Corporate antivirus recommendation > Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:51:15 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > > > Hi folks, > > > > I know this is not an unusual request, but just thought I might get some > updated opinions from people. I'm thinking of re-evaluating our allegiance > to Trend Micro for desktop antivirus. Not that they've done anything wrong, > just think it's time to take a look around and see if newer or better things > are out there. > > > > My top three requirements would be: > > > > 1) Excellent threat detection record and frequent updates to threat > definitions. > > 2) Good admin interface with easy and reliable remote installs. > > 3) Good deep scanning ability of clients with a real-time scan that > doesn't hog resources. > > > > I've heard good things about Kaspersky. Anyone have thoughts about going in > that direction? > > > > And yes, Stu, I know you will recommend Vipre… <g>. Just looking for some > unbiased user opinions. > > > > Feel free to email me off-list if more comfortable. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Evan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
