[dba-Tech] Antivirus Software - Who do we like, who do we notlike?

John Bartow john at winhaven.net
Wed May 25 09:22:04 CDT 2005


I got their trial software a couple of years ago but t was cost prohibitive
for small businesses. I signed up for their email virus updates. I still get
them - at the rate of 2-3 per day!

John B.


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Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:05 AM
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notlike?

I've heard of them, but never to the extent of anyone saying that they were
good or bad.

Sorry, no help there :-)


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: John Bartow [mailto:john at winhaven.net]
Sent: 25 May 2005 15:02
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Antivirus Software - Who do we like, who do we
notlike?


Do any of you use Sophos? (IIRC they are based in the UK)


John B.


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Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:48 AM
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notlike?

McAfee have been updating theirs almost every day this week and last week...
I don't know why.


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Rojas [mailto:JRojas at tnco-inc.com]
Sent: 25 May 2005 14:46
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Antivirus Software - Who do we like, who do we not
like?


I use CA's eTrust.

It's lightweight and cheap. I have been very satisfied with it!
The deciding factor for me is that CA updates it virus definitions every day
as opposed to Symantec which only updates it live update definitions once a
week (unless there is a sever outbreak).
Symantec does have a daily update of its intelligent updater but that must
be applied manually.

JR
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Kjos [mailto:garykjos at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:07 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] Antivirus Software - Who do we like, who do we not like?

Hi all,  I'm looking for opinions here.

Got a message from my Norton Antivirus 2000 this morning that my
subscription for updates was about to expire and I needed to renew.
OK, no big deal, let's to it right now..... so I click the Renew Now button
thing and it comes up and tells me that NAV 2000 has been DISCONTINUED and I
have to upgrade to 2005 version. I recall hearing people indicate that they
had issues with NAV 2005 so I backed out and did not continue - plus they
want $39.95 to upgrade. I know I have seen it in stores for less than that.

I've been a faithfull NAV user for many years. I have Norton Internet
Securiity 2004 on another machine which includes the NAV 2004 - and while I
have come to HATE the Norton Firewall, the 2004 Antivirus hasn't caused me
any grief. I don't use that machind for E-Mail though. The machine that is
expiring is my main e-mail machine and so I do need as good of protection as
I can get.

The most recent machine I bought - a Notebook from Dell - uses McAfee.
That's just what it came with. So maybe Dell has changed over from Norton to
McAffee on their new machines?

So, please post your stories of horror or success with NAV 2005 - or other
versions or even other companies software because I will need to be making a
purchase soon and I'm not sure what direction to go.

--
Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
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