Actually, we run Symantec on the desktop and Trend on the server side (ScanMail, ServerProtect and VirusWall). I do believe in multiple defense strategies.
My biggest problem with Antigen is that they don't write their own scan engines, and because of that they are at the mercy of those vendors to get it correct. In looking at who they use, I won't use products from CA or NAI, which rule out two of them, I've had mixed experiences with Panda (in test envrionments), and Norman and Kaperski are fairly small shops, which pretty much leaves Sophos. I don't necessarily think 6 is better than 1, if you have the right one. That being said, Antigen is the only other product than Scanmail that I would even consider installing on my Exchange servers. ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom.Gray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 10:32 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Antigen vs. Trend > > > > We have a site license for Symantec (Norton) Antivirus for > the desktop. We just purchased Antigen for our exchange > server. Antigen uses 6 different virus scanning engines at > the same time! Between those 6 engines on our Exchange > server and Norton on the desktop we feel we are protected. (7 > different virus detection engines total) > > I would be concerned about depending on a single vendor for > both desktop and exchange virus protection (i.e. Symantec or > Trend). At the very least, use Trend for Exchange and > Symantec for the Desktop. > > Tom Gray, Network Engineer > All Kinds of Minds & The Center for Development and Learning > University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > AT&T Net: (919)960-8888 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 9:39 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Antigen vs. Trend > > > Although a good friend works at Sybari, I still buy Trend for > all Exchange > boxes. They still have the best AV research team out there, > and regularly > beat most everyone else with definition updates. That, and in > 4 years, I've > never had an outbreak because of a failure of ScanMail. > > NeatSuite rocks - we use most of the components here. > > Sybari doesn't sell products for servers and workstations, so > you can't > compare NeatSuite to Antigen (at least not validly). And you > need desktop > protection too. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > Sr. Systems Administrator > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > Atlanta, GA > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cooke, Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 9:29 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Antigen vs. Trend > > > > > > All, > > We have just about finished configuring a new server running > > Exchange 5.5 > > SP4 on Windows 2K Advanced Server. we are looking into > > Antivirus software > > and have pretty much narrowed it down to Trend and Antigen. > > I am personally > > leaning towards Trend Neat Suite that seems to offer a lot > > more desktop > > options for desktop and server protection as well. But I'm > > curious if you > > all think that possibly Antigen's pros outweigh the pros of > > the suite of > > Trend. Does any one have any information that would be useful in my > > decision? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Brian > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
