Free Antivirus For Small/Medium Size Of Company

Have the manager who suggested the free-ware option actually read the free-ware EULA for the packages they suggested.

For almost ALL of the free-ware anti-virus solutions, you are only allowed to use them on personal PCs as a home user. ANY business use at all violates the EULA. Even a home based part time business!

About the only free-ware anti-virus you can use in a business is the Open Source software ClamWin.

The problem with ClamWin for a business, is that it is a system scanner and not a real-time active virus monitor.

That said, it would not hurt to go out and get quotes from providers including a new quote from Symantec.

Weight the costs carefully. There is no savings at all if a virus gets through and takes even a portion of the PCs down.

Chas

I run boinc(for seti project), and because of the firewall settings. When ever another dll loads, you are asked if it should be allowed to. Ok, np... But, when boinc loads the screen saver.. roflmao, i'm never there to say yea.. And when I switch to catch the question... I miss it.

Any suggestions?

Dan

Please check from here its EULA
http://www.comodo.com/repository/index.html

Thanks for your valuable feedback on this AV ya...!

Some resellers :) in order to gain market share may be willing to reduce their retail price by 15% in order to sell 100 licences of any AVG product.

if you were to contact a reseller I would suggest that you send him a private message. :)

I have the AVG Internet Security Suite. I have used their antivirus for years, but I did not want to keep on paying for ZoneAlarm Pro. I ended up upgrading my license for AVG to the suite for less than what it would have cost for ZoneAlarm. I have had it running for about 2-3 months and have no complaints. The interface seems to be pretty straight forward.

Economy works because people have a understanding of the definitions for "value" and "fair." When those definitions break down, economy collapses EOL.

If "free" is in your vocabulary for acquiring property or rights then what you are acquiring is either worthless or its cost has already been paid by a past/future asset or experience. Those who ignore this law will one day be asking themselves about a mysterious negative number/experience that will exactly equal what they should have used in place of the zero they used when they equated it with "free".

An honest estimate of costs IMHO follows:
ClamAV costs: $0 + 1 well educated computer expert user per computer willing to do his/her own work to secure his/her own system without automation or supervision and who has no qualms using other software to filter spam and monitor applications while working + 1 Network administrator who does not want to put security software onto his/her servers or has an alternative enterprise solution already.

Microsoft Security Essentials costs: $0 (for up to 10 machines) + 1 computer user per computer of any expertise level that does not want or need a spam filter solution + 1 network administrator that has an alternative solution for his/her servers and who does not use Microsoft Exchange.

Comodo, AVG, Kaspersky, ESET NOD32 each cost: $10-$30 each user annually + 1 average level user for each computer that does not need or is willing to buy their own spam filter system + 1 network administrator that already has an alternative for Microsoft Exchange or does not use it.

Trend, Symantec, McAfee, Panda and Co each cost $50-$100 for each user annually + 1 user of any level of expertise per computer + 1 network administrator willing and able to configure advanced features to be remotely deployed to all systems.

I reviewed three such tools earlier last year and tested them against an actual virus root kit on Examiner.com. They are all decent options, each with weaknesses and strengths.
http://www.examiner.com/information-technology-in-indianapolis/jasen-ward