RE: Antivirus add-ons for Exchange 5.5 - trends/nav

[Rick Ward - HQ]

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oh yeah... I recommend the "Platinum Support" contract.. it's unlimited number of incidents and 7/24 support.. handy for any virus issues that might arise. -----Original Message----- From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 8:36 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Antivirus add-ons for Exchange 5.5 - trends/nav I second that ... Norton covers all the bases for me and they have been very responsive to the issues I have had. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Ward - HQ To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:15 Subject: RE: Antivirus add-ons for Exchange 5.5 - trends/nav WE fought the same battle here.. We couldn't justify using 2 different solutions. Symantec has upped there AV support response and updates, so we went to NAV for Exchange. We also use NAV for Internet Mail Gateways - Exchange. It works very well for blocking bad files and the newest version has some nice enhancements. Ultimately it's up to you... But for us a total NAV solution works well. My .02 cents -Rick (no extensions)Ward ;) -----Original Message----- From: Jesse Rink [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 8:06 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Antivirus add-ons for Exchange 5.5 - trends/nav We currently use Symantec AntiVirus for the Enterprise on our desktop and have had good success to date.  Our Exchange server currently does NOT have an Antivirus add-on installed.  I would like to see some kind of scanning software on the box for additional protection. Since we already have NAV for the Enterprise, we have a copy of NAV for Exchange as well.  This would not cost any additional funds to get this extra protection.  However, I am under the impression it's always a good idea to put a different piece of antivirus software on the Exchange server as opposed to the desktop to minimize the amount of time to retrieve updated virus definitions.  In other words, if I have both NAV and Trends installed and a virus breaks out, Trends may have the definitions before NAV so we'd be better covered than if we had NAV on our Exchange server. Unfortunately Trends costs about $5000 or so (we have 350 Exchange users).  Has anyone used both of these products and can help me determine whether the additional cost is worth the piece of mind?  Personally I'd like to see it happen and get Trends but I'm trying to justify the cost as opposed to an already-free solution. Thanks. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm