Re: Antivirus Comparison

[Chris Godfrey <chris.godfrey () hanston co uk>]

From a personal point of view, I dislike the way most Symantec apps 
install running update services by default. Windows gets clogged up by 
enough additional services as it is. Hmm, even more items in my system 
tray? No thanks guys...

We've been using McAfee Enterprise 8 for quite a while now, and when 
properly configured it works great :)

Obviously my opinion is subjective, so (as usual) you have to decide 
what's best for you.

Regards,


Chris Godfrey

Jediah wrote:
> I've personally still found Norton to be robust and adequate; I switched
> from MCAFEE a long time ago.  I have subscriptions for my home based office
> machines, and the company I primarily work for has a corporate subscription.
>
> I've enjoyed the central update capabilities of all Symantec products (I
> have a few different products). I have also found for the frequency of the
> updates has been adequate to address the new variants that come out
> frequently. 
>
> The script blocking capabilities has saved me a few times on various web
> URL's that had harmful intent (sometimes even when I deserved to be infected
> :)).  The UnErase wizard with the Norton Protected files is also nice.
>
> I really can't speak to the management of the AV solution from an enterprise
> perspective - as I've not dealt with that side (Although my primary company
> has 5000+ employees being managed through the corporate subscription), but
> as a small business owner and consumer, I've been very pleased.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 15:07:47 -0700, Shawn Wall <sjwall () shaw ca> wrote:
>
> > Hi All.
> >
> > For years I've been using Norton antivirus products but lately I'm hearing
> > that Norton is no longer the de facto antivirus solution. I'm interested
>
> in
>
> > hearing what antivirus products are considered to be the best for both
> > enterprise and private use. As always, all comments are welcome. Thanks.
> >
> > shawn