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by dherde

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Hi.. I have a windows based / Netware 6.0 environment. My current enterprise virus software is aladdin esafe enterprise. This is going away (The company is dropping the desktop product for their portal product.) I need to find a good replacement. Criteria: 1- Netware deployable. 2- Autoupdate from the internet. 3- Sandbox/vandal system protection. (Esafe was good about that) 4- As nonintrusive as possible for the client machines. (I have a lot of Pentuim 1 machines - low power) 5- Possible deployment for Linux workstations (I am trying to fit this into our infrastructure to help me lessen the Virus and helpdesk workload)
Any ideas or recommendations?
(McAfee and Nortons are too CPU hoggish)

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by q2ggirl

I would recommend Network Associates VirusScan - McAfee. I have it running on my NetWare servers and it works great. Never had a problem with it once.

by grbeckmeyer

I'm using Computer Associates eTrust 7.0 for Windows/4.5 for Netware. I have an update to 7.0 for Netware but haven't installed it yet. One of the big reasons I've always liked eTrust is it seems to be less of a resource hog than Norton. You'll probably still notice a performance hit on that old of a machine while it's scanning, though. Covers Windows, Netware, UNIX, Linux, PocketPC and even 64-bit Windows.

by budthegrey

Sophos (http://www.sophos.com) we've used it for 3+ years with great success -- multiplatform, easy automatic updates, tools for mobile users, small CPu impact, good price. We also use their SMTP anti-virus engine.

Bud

by steven_bellamy

Hi,

I'd recommend Symantec AV Enterprise Edition.
Been running this for years and it has never let me down. A very solid and easy to configure AV solution.

From everyone's posts, I think it's safe to say that most AV vendors do what you require, it comes down to your preferences in the end :-)

by mdunigan62

We have a site license for McAfee VirusScan. Desktop and servers. Windows (NT/2k/XP) and NetWare. I don't have any Linux, so I can't comment on that. The newest VirusScan (v7.x) will not work on Win9x, but the older v4.5.x will continue to support that platform for now. We cache the updates on campus and then pull from that cache, instead of every machine going back to McAfee.

by bruce

Sophos. It is completly cross platform - DOS, all Win-flavors, *nix, os/2, Mac. Auto-updating in the background, low processor overhead, great support. Virus definitions are created immediately by Sophos when a new virus in discovered.

by choppit

I've used Sophos for the last few years on Netware, Windows, Mac and SMTP and generally find it quite good. There's also a Linux version available. One observation I have made though is that the update agent (SAVAgent) for W9x clients tends to hang quite frequently on my P1 64MB boxes.

by ve7yme

We have been using Grisoft AVG for about 2 years now and are very happy with it . The cost is very low (free if you are not worried about being able to call the helpdesk, which we never have). It can be found at http://www.grisoft.com

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