We all have our favorite and least favorite anti-virus software choices. I am setting up a new network for a small company (10 or fewer employees) and I need to choose an anti-virus program for the server and desktops. My hardware supplier is recommending a popular (yet very ineffective) product. I need to choose an alternative but I can't decide which product to use instead.
Any suggestions?
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We have been using Sophos Enterprise for about 3 years now. It has worked great. It is easy to deploy, has a very fast scanning engine and uses "on access scanning" which consumes no system resources unless a virus is activated. Sophos detects viruses, trojans, spyware and adware.
Just curious what version you are using. One of my clients has the new version and it is radically different than the older ones. While the management console has become much more complex, it also has expanded capabilities. I definately wouldn't call CA "intuitive" though.
I have been using the corp. version of Trend for about 4 years and love it. I was using Norton Antivirus at home and have really mixed feelings about it. I used to love it, but last year I had to deal with Tech Support several times and was extremely disappointed in their service and responses. My Norton at home expires this month, so I am dumping it and trying Trend at home. No thoughts about the home version of Trend as of yet.
I have used Symantec products in both the corporate and personal environments.
After MAJOR support issues, I no longer recommend Symantec. Period.
After a long search, and recommendations from other professionals, I selected Trend-Micro's Pc-Cillion Internet suite for individual systems. Have found it to very very flexable, and kept upto date better than most. During my testing, Pc-Cillion discovered more "problems" then did the others that were tested.
Have had some "unique" problems that required calls to Trend-Micro's support, and have been very happy with the results.
TrendMicro also hase some "corporate" solutions for larger networks, and were very fast in responding to questions and suggestions.
By the way, I have six personal machines that I protect in my homelab, along with several machines at several remote sites...
I had worked with Symantec,McAfee,Trendmicro CA and Sophos products in a network environment and the one better works for me is from TrendMicro so, I recommend a solution from Trendmicro.
Both have become HUGELY bloated POS's IMHO and I've run into issues with AVG at home like it kindly notifying me that a file was infected as it let the infection run rampant through my laptop, however it's still what I'm using onmy laptop until something better comes along in the free market, like comodo, who's personal firewall ROCKS but their AV/AS is still in beta.
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Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware software of choice
Any suggestions?