I went through all of the emails, and didn't see much on this ... what
A/V solutions work OK with distributed clients, meaning someone who's
never been inside the firewall or VPN'd so that Group Policy could
install it?
We have a lot of laptops that never set foot in our office, and I'd like
to protect them centrally to reduce ownership costs, make
troubleshooting easier, and allow us to proactively spot things like
common infections.
So far Trend's OfficeScan and Panda are about the only ones that seem to
do that.
Stu, or anyone else - does anything else work OK for traveling laptops
(no VPN)?
== John ==
From: Devin Meade [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 11:46 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Corporate antivirus recommendation
I have to agree on number four. We have more and more laptops and this
is key. Question - will VIPRE do this? If so, its on our short list in
a few months with Trend expires.
Devin
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:52 PM, John Gwinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Regarding understanding tech's, I think that's anywhere these days.
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.
For our needs I'd add:
4) Ability for external laptops that have never been in the office to
get updates
Panda says they do 4, but I evaluated it and it didn't seem to be as
well integrated as Trend. Every time I've evaluated our situation I've
stuck with Trend. Some of our users revolt and purchase Symantec
because "it's the standard". *sigh*
We're a consulting company and 95% of our users have never stepped foot
in the office, so I need something that works well outside the firewall.
== John ==
From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 9:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Corporate antivirus recommendation
I want to dump trend just so I don't have to hear their horrendous hold
song anymore. That and the more then one hour hold times to speak to a
tech then when I get a tech there is a 50/50 chance I wont be able to
understand him or her.
James
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Devin
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