Thursday, December 16, 2010

Re: AV preferences

I was always a big Symantec Corp fan, but it was such a resource hog on Wind=
ows clients. I mean really bad. Maybe it has improved since v10 but we moved=
to Trend Micro and have been very happy.=20

- Jonathan

On Dec 16, 2010, at 6:27 PM, "Raymond Pryor" <rpryor@webbschool.com> wrote:

> Don't overlook Avast and use Symantec's uninstaller download. Windows unin=
stall doesn't do a thorough job.=20
> Dir of Technology The Webb School Bell Buckle
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> From: "Berger, Daniel" <Daniel.Berger@JPDS.ORG>
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> Subject: AV preferences
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> I have received quotes for anti-virus solutions from several vendors. Bef=
ore presenting this to my Head of School as a straight-forward financial cos=
t, I was curious if the ISED community had a preference between these produc=
ts: ESET, Vipre and AVG (business, not the free one). Specifically, I was w=
ondering if anybody has real life experience with a product or company. Is t=
he software 'light-weight' in terms of load on the system? Is the central c=
ontrol interface useful and informative? Was the software balky and trouble=
some to install or maintain? I will need to uninstall Symantec Corporate Ed=
ition 10 from the client computers, so if anybody has relevant tips on that.=
..
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> Thank you. Please feel free to reply off-list.
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> Dan Berger
> JPDSNC
> Washington, DC
> Daniel.Berger@jpds.org
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