We have been using ForeFront for a couple of years now and like it very much. 
The console is very simple and deploying agents is a breeze. The new FEP is 
great too, but you'll only be able to use it if you are running SCCM also.
Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:59 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Changing AV from Symantec to Mcaffee - Good or Bad?

Because, unfortunately, it's not my decision.  Our CIO apparently likes McAfee, 
and the McAfee sales people are telling him that their "catch" rates are much 
better than Symantec or Forefront.  No one here has heard of Vipre, and I don't 
have enough pull to do more than mildly suggest it.  I'm going to keep my ears 
open, though, and try to do some of that mild suggesting, to see where it gets 
me...

We're looking at going into a big EA with Microsoft, and part of that package 
is that Forefront would be included.  Anyone have any bad stories about that 
one?  I personally just don't know if I'm comfortable with Microsoft AV on 
Microsoft OS, but that may just be me...

>>> "Andrew S. Baker" <[email protected]> 3/11/2010 3:36 PM >>>
I hate them both, but even comparatively, you're going from bad to worse. 

Why not any of the plethora of other options?


------Original Message------
From: Joseph Heaton
To: NT Issues
ReplyTo: NT Issues
Subject: Changing AV from Symantec to Mcaffee - Good or Bad?
Sent: Mar 11, 2010 5:22 PM

Discuss please.

Personally, I'm very much against it.  I've had a bad taste in my mouth for 
McAfee from way back in the Code Red days... (72 hours to recover, 70 of which 
I was in the server room)

I also don't care for Symancrap, but that's mainly due to the bloat, and how 
hard it is to get rid of...


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