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

John Bartow john at winhaven.net
Wed May 25 15:46:34 CDT 2005


Thanks for the info!

John B.


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Robinson
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 1:40 PM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Antivirus Software - Who do we like, who do we
notlike?

I use Sophos on all my PCs.  Currently licensed for 10 PCs for 3 years.
(Consumers with single PCs are not their target market.)

Why Sophos?  Because they -
- are always bang up to date (once a day is NOT often enough, as some people
on the AccessD list discovered awhile back)
- never give time-wasting false positives
- just work, silently and efficiently
- never cause me any problems
- have free 24/365 support (which I have never needed)

And I or my clients over the years have had problems of one sort or another
with Norton and McAfee (and others); these problems are boring and
time-wasting.  Sophos may cost a bit more, but it saves me money!  And no, I
don't work for them, etc.

John


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John 
> Bartow
> Sent: 25 May 2005 15:22
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Antivirus Software - Who do we like, who do we 
> notlike?
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:05 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Antivirus Software - Who do we like, who do we 
> 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.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:48 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Antivirus Software - Who do we like, who do we 
> 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
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