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Posted by TeVan on November 11, 2005, 10:03 pm
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testing. Do you know anything about F-Prot?
Given your knowledge, what would you use for a small network, 10 or less =
workstations and a server?
Thanks, TV
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> | I can not understand all the angry posts in the Windows News Group =
to the
> | effect that Norton and McAfee antivirus programs are "crap-ware". =
Neither
> | can I understand why anyone would trust antivirus Freeware. Is =
some rich
> | guy (or company) giving his time and money to a staff of AV experts =
just for
> | me?
> | Yes, I have had my share of Norton upgrades "crapping" up the =
registry.
> | On the other hand, back in the summer of 98 Windows 98 wiped out my =
entire
> | computer. Office XP gave a lot trouble until a few SP's came out.
> | The big question is which AV program is the most reliable not =
which is
> | most convenient. The choice may be like getting an unpleasant flu =
shot
> | versus tasty herbal teas. Does anyone monitor these Freeware sites =
on a
> | daily basis to see how effective they are?
> |
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> There 'ya go ;-)
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> McAfee and Symantec provide two different versions of their software.
> Retail and Corporate.
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> Norton branded products are retail. Symantec branded products are =
corporate.
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> In both cases with Norton AV and McAfee VirusScan it is the retail =
products that the most
> complaints are about. This has to do with the renewal process, =
licensing and updating.
> There is much less problems with their corporate version counterparts.
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> When it comes to McAfee VirusScan the corporate and retail versions =
are a world apart.
> For example; the retail VirusScan depends upon ActiveX compliant =
Browser. The corporate
> version is based upon a NT Service. With the corporate products there =
no "account" tied to
> updating the software and a registration process.
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> With those differences, the fact that unknowledgeable computer users =
use the retail products
> and the fact that home computers are the least stable, cause *many* of =
the complaints about
> the retail products.
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> On the Norton side, it tends to be bloated and use much computer =
resources. I had a
> notebook where NAV 2005 was so horrible that it was like running WinXP =
on 64MB of RAM
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> When it comes to both McAfee and Norton, their user support sucks. =
This has always been a
> problem with Symantec. However, this became a real problem when =
Network Associates (NAI)
> acquired McAfee. NAI has been broken up and the Sniffer division has =
been sold off and they
> have re-trenched and going back to their core service and "McAfee" =
ways of doing business as
> they recognized that as NAI their service sucked.
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> In the corporate environment you will NOT find the anywhere near the =
same level of
> complaints. However, to the average user there is NO difference =
between corporate and
> retail products. It is just McAfee and Norton.
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> The fact is McAfee and Symantec AV software are the two most common AV =
software on US
> government computers. The US DoD via a DISA wide contract, has =
licenses for the entire DoD
> for; McAfee, Symantec and Trend Micro AV software. The US DoD via a =
DISA wide contract,
> has the license for Trend Micro anti spyware software.
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> Now there are free AV applications. Those companies that offer free =
AV software and offer a
> paid, corporate software, are usually limited. For example =
BitDefender. You can buy the
> full AV software or use the free "On Demand" scanner only version. =
With AVG you can buy the
> full implementation of their AV software or you can use their free =
offering. In this case
> the free version uses 80-90% of the functionality of the paid version.
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> As for monitoring effectiveness of AV. look for ICSA certification.
> https://www.icsalabs.com/icsa/icsahome.php
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> ICSA AV pages..
> =
https://www.icsalabs.com/icsa/main.php?pid=3Db31a$6140dfe3-4a851ebd$eaa4-=
72b
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> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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