Best Anti-Virus for Exchange 2000?

[dazz828]

Hi all.. I was wondering what everyone recommends as a good anti-virus. We are currently running Win2K SP3 and Exchange2k SP3. Clients all have XP/2000 with Outlook 2000/2002XP.

The original IT guy here had installed Norton Corp Ed onto the server and all the clients receive updates from it. It works pretty good but I have a feeling Norton on the Exchange server is the culprit to all our slow performance problems. When I disable the service things seems to run ALOT better. So I wanted to remove it and put a more Exchange-aware type of anti-virus.

Such as Antigen or GFI, any suggetions??

 

[speedracercjr]

I don't remember what build it was but one of the older versions of norton had a memory leak. My server sucked big time until i got that memory leak fixed. Now it runs like a charm.

 

[dazz828]

I have Norton Corp 7.5

 

[dw1]

We use Trend Micro without any problems and no noticable performance loss.

http://www.trendmicro.com/en/products/email/smex/evaluate/overview.htm

 

[gizmoxman]

We had major problems with GFI MailSecurity. Corrupted our databases BIG TIME. I stick with Norton for Exchange. We are running version 7.61- latest built. (ver 7.60 had some problems with terminal services)
We are testing ver 8.0, however, we already had some compatibility problems with Backup Exec.

 

[gizmoxman]

Sorry about confusion on evrsion #'s Nav for Exchange we are running is actully ver 3.05 (3.04 had some problems) We aslo run NAV CE 7.61

 

[lesleint]

You need to make sure you file level Norton is not checking the "M" drive and any of your log directories for Exchange. You should still buy another AV just for Exchange. GFI's is not bad nor is NAV for Exchange. The greatness of having a AV for your Exchange Stores is that it nabs the actual viruses before they get to your users. I run Norton file AV and Exchange AV but I also run GFI. By doing this it just gives me a little more "blanket" security in my head knowing if one fails to get a Virus the other will nab it.

 

[Davetoo]

We run Symantec Antivirus/Filtering 3.05 on the Exchange Server, as well as Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition 8.0 on our servers/desktops and it works quite well. In fact (knock on wood, no jinx), since we've installed it we haven't had a single virus alert on any of the desktops beyond one user that insisited on using virus infected floppy disks. That's been over a year ago now.

Of course, we also block all the dangerous file extensions at the firewall level (.exe, .bat, .pif, .scr, etc.), so that has been a tremendous advantage as well.

From an administrative standpoint, I really like the Symantec product. We run several servers in our WAN that feed the updates to their respective desktops, all fed from a single server located centrally that obtains the updates from Symantec every day. The only thing I need to do is ensure the one server is operational and doing it's job, and I know (from experience) that all is well. I do spot check weekly, but have found it to be highly reliable.

 

[warpspeed]

I would strongly recommend you to evaluate Trend Micro ScanMail for Exchange 6.1.

http://www.trendmicro.com/en/products/email/smex/evaluate/overview.htm

 

[crobin1]

We evaluated McAfee, Trend ScanMail, and Antigen three years ago on Exchange 5.5. At the time Antigen performed the best. This included ease of use, scanning capabilities, and impact on the servers. At that time both McAfee and Trend slowed the servers down considerably; hopefully they've improved by now. We have since upgraded to Exchange 2000 and Antigen continues to perform well. I will be installing Antigen v 7.0 this weekend actually.

Note too that we do not run a file-level virus scanner on the Exchange servers.

 

[Silmarillion]

Just my two cent's worth...

We use Computer Associate's eTrust InoculateIT V6.0 for desktop, server, and the Exchange connector. As a tech, I have had problems in the past with both Norton (performance issues, compatibility issues with other software, did not pick up the SubSeven trojan even with all current updates) and McAfee (buggy, crashes). InoculateIT has always been quick and unintrusive, with a small footprint. Our mail connector picks up about 3 viruses a day for 50 users, and we have not had a virus incident since it was installed.

They also make a home version which used to be free, but is now about $20.

 

[ArmandC]

I recommend Sybari Antigen for your E2K servers. Has least impact on server performance and GUI is rich and highly configurable. Version 7.1 which is now in beta will also include the abilty to subscribe to SPAM lists to filter SPAM as well. (Reporting is lacking though on current version we use 6.5). If you have the available hardware I HIGHLY recommend Trends InterScan3 VirusWall. This bad boy sits in front of our E2K org and strips weekly, and this is not a typo, over 2000 viruses a week before these emails even hit our IMC. It has been a GOD send!

 

[tmckeown]

We are using GFI Mail Security as well as their Mail Essentials. It has worked great for us. it was easy to set up and it is catching all the viruses before they get into the store. I completely happy with it. Someone in an earlier post said that GFI had messed up their data. We have had no such issues.

 

[SMWilson]

I have been using Trend Micro's Interscan for over three years. It was originally running on an Exchange 5.5 server that resided on a Compaq Prosignia 500 with over sixty users. I have expanded my use of Trend products to include Officescan and Email content management. I am running Exchange 2000 on a W2K server and have had no problems with performance. Hope this helps you.

 

[MichaelDay]

Wow, now I am confused. I guess it depends on each system to go with whatever Anti-Virus ware.

Now I have in my hand Norton Antivirus Corp Ed version 8.0, and afraid to try it on my exchange machine. May be it turns out good, may be bad. If it is bad, I don't know what to say to my boss.

Should I go with NAV 8.0?

 

[cubec]

So, if you put NAV for Exchange on your Exchange 2K server, do you still need to install NAV client to protect the rest of the OS?

 

[globalstrata]

I am running NAV 8 myself and it has worked great. However, be careful when doing updates or upgrading. Make sure you backup your system before you do this. With some customers, we have run into the problems that through the upgrade, something happens and ends up corrupting part or all of AD. We had a customer that ended up redoing their whole network (mainly because they did not want to wait to do the proper troubleshooting) and another that after working with both Symantec and Microsoft, we got the problem solved.


Gladys Rodriguez
GlobalStrata Solutions

http://www.globalstrata.com

 

[System110]

Hi,

You can very well use SAV 8.0, with exchange server, BUT MAKE SURE YOU HAVE EXCULDED ALL THE .LOG, .EBD FILES, MRIVE, SRS, INETPUB.... CHECK THE SYMANTEC.COM FOR EXCULSION FOR EXCHANGE.

You file system is protected by SAV 8.0, but not information store, in order to protect your information store and Mailboxs you need to have SAVF for Exchange Server.

Thanks,