Monday, June 1, 2009

Re: Antivirus Solution

We also use the latest Symantec product and find it pretty heavy for our
workstations. A consultant we work with recommended AVG, but we are
also looking at the ESET, Kaspersky and Sophos products.

Here is a link you might want to take a look at:

http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/98441/enterprise-antivirus-sof
tware.html

Luke Michael
THE FIRST ACADEMY
www.thefirstacademy.org

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Dickenson, Steven
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 10:22 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Antivirus Solution

AVG does have a small / medium business product, and supports
Windows-based servers and Exchange. However, I find the product only
average in its detection rates, certainly nothing stellar that makes it
stand out.

S
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Steven Dickenson <sdickenson@keyschool.org>
Computer Network Manager
The Key School, Annapolis Maryland

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> L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Renee Ramig
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 10:17 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Antivirus Solution
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> I love AVG for personal use, but I am not sure they have a enterprise
(server
> based) version.
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> Also, the free version is only available for home (personal) use. I
called
> AVG, and they were very clear that schools could not use the free
version.
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> I do put it on any PC laptops students bring to school to use for
short term
> projects. That way, I am sure their AV is up to date.
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> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Adrian
Bica
> Sent: Thu 5/28/2009 8:44 AM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Antivirus Solution
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> I am considering AVG - the tech specialist we hire for odd jobs highly
> recommends it.
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> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Ademola Popoola <popoola@gmail.com>
wrote:
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> > All,
> >
> > We currently use Symantec's most recent product. However, the
overhead the
> > software requires on the client side is incredibly demanding. To the
point
> > where it interferes/conflicts with other running applications.
> > I'd like to get some idea of what other schools use for an
enterprise-wide
> > antivirus solution. An application that can manage file, email and
web
> > protection. It'll be great if it's a server and client facing app
that
> > doesn't place such huge demands on the machine.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
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