Looking for centralized Anti-virus protection software recommendations

[mgraham]

The subject pretty much says it all.

We are a small company running Win2K and will be installing a Win2K Server soon. It would be great to implement an anti-virus program that the end users do not need to think about.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

 

[czxone]

Norton anti virus coporate edtion works nicely.










A+, MCP

 

[pgoss]

I am a huge fan of Trend Antivirus. They have multiple options depending on the size of your network.

http://www.antivirus.com

 

[jgoodman00]

NAV CE...

Most impressed by it. It almost completely removes the need for somebody to administer it once it is setup. It is also incredibly easy to setup... James Goodman

http://www.james-goodman.co.uk

 

[2ffat]

I would suggest Sophos. You install it on the server then tell the workstations to look at the server for the updates. Sophos tech support is second to none. (

http://www.sophos.com)

Also, look at the General Virus Discussion here in Tek-Tips. James P. Cottingham

When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.
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[TomLet]

My vote goes for NAV CE also. We have been using it for years and it just keeps getting better!

 

[dkediger]

Sophos - for all the reasons James stated above. It simply works, works well, and I haven't ever seen it cause any problems with other software or OS's

 

[dodger6]

http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/products/small-business/active-virus.asp

Simple, efficient and doesn't affect the OS. Set your server to check with McAfee's ftp server for updates every day and your good to go. Then set your clients to pull from your server when the new files are available. (Mobile users additionaly can be setup to hit McAfee's ftp server while they are away)


Just my personal opinion but I've seen too many crashed or "troublesome" systems running Norton. I've tried to like it since so many people recomend it but it just seems to always cause more problems than it prevents.

 

[GlenJohnson]

Let me give you the lowdown on Trend Office Scan. Once it's installed on the server, you're almost completely done. We have ours set to go out to there web site once a night at 1 a.m. If there is a new virus up-date, it automatically downloads it. From the console on the server, you add users there. The console looks in Active Directory, and when you add a user to the Trend Console, it puts officescan.bat in the profile in AD for you. The first time a user logs on using that profile, the batch file is run, and Trend goes and un-installs any anti-virus on the pc, and installs itself. I mean TOTALLY automatic. It appears as if you've gone into add/remove programs, but you don't touch one key after the user is logged in. Whenever they log in after that, if a new virus definition that was downloaded during the night, the user gets the new definition when they log in. I've never seen anything easier to use. Check it out. Glen A. Johnson
Microsoft Certified Professional
glen@nellsgiftbox.com

"All human power is a compound of time and patience."
Honore de Balzac (1799 - 1850); French author.

 

[AlexIT]

McAfeeASaP is very good to protect clients, installs nicely as a "push" from anywhere there is a box with domain admin rights and protects every client without using all the computer resources. Put NetShield on the servers and you are set...

Alex

 

[Xemus]

NavCE is the best that I've tested. I was a big fan of Trend until they failed to detect a trojan test I ran. The trojan was from mid 2001, so they had ample time to put a detection in for it. Nav grabbed it instantly. Easy to set up, the server is fairly easy and the MMC for the server is a nice touch as well. Jordan MCP, A+
Assistant Network Administrator

 

[dvornik]

We've run into several problems with NAV CE 7.6. Most problems are discribed on Symantec's site and end with "No solution is currently available". We were able to work around some problems, such as "rollback" during installation, with the help of NTRegmon. Check Symantec support board for more exciting details.

 

[hads]

I run NAV CE on 1 NT and 3 2000 networks and haven't had any trouble with it at all. Servers update themselves and I have clients set to check for updates against the internal server every hour.

Apart from checking the virus definitions are up to date and the logs periodically, I find it is a complete set and forget solution.


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[dvornik]

Try searching their knowledge base for "rollback" and you'll see what I mean.

http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/enterprise/products/nav/nav_76_ce/search.html

 

[sunwindandsea]

I have encountered very few problems with NAV CE on networks of 250-500 users.

I vote for NAV CE. Their suport has always been there.