If the system has any audio when it reports that the definations are updated it may cause issues with the less tech savy folks. I have a couple of home users who's kids report parents jumping up from the system and calling one of them when it happens. That is the home version so I don't know if the Pro does that as well or not.
Jon On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Sam Cayze <sam.ca...@rollouts.com> wrote: > That's the one thing I remember from back in the day of using it at home, > it ALWAYS requested reboots. Highly annoying. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* gswe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:gswe...@actsconsulting.net] > *Sent:* Friday, May 01, 2009 10:57 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Avast AV > > We had one client that was using it in the Enterprise and it worked, > but the console was convoluted. Its updates required reboots constantly > both server and workstation side and its performance drawbacks were not as > bad as Symantec, but still very noticeable. > > > > Lots of home users were using it, and we installed it on a lot of them > about 2 years ago now, but since then we have moved most of them to Vipre or > AVG. > > > > *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] > *Sent:* Friday, May 01, 2009 11:48 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Avast AV > > > > I’ve seen it on a couple home machines I’ve worked on. Both were eaten up > with malware, and the Avast active protection really bogged the machines > down. > > > > > > > > Roger Wright > > Network Administrator > > Evatone, Inc. > > 727.572.7076 x388 > > _____ > > > > *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov] > *Sent:* Friday, May 01, 2009 11:15 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Avast AV > > > > I take it from the lack of replies that no one is using Avast? In a way, > that’s good, as I really don’t want to do a lot of research into it, but on > the other hand, I don’t have any ammo against it either… > > > > Joe Heaton > > Employment Training Panel > > > > *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov] > *Sent:* Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:50 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Avast AV > > > > Anyone using the corporate level of this? Opinions? Also, for Stu, if you > read this, how do your products compare to Avast, as far as CPU usage, > overhead, etc.? Only reason I ask this is that I’ve forwarded the upcoming > Sunbelt webinars to the rest of my IT group (6 people total) and one of the > developers came back saying we should look at Avast as well… > > > > Joe Heaton > > AISA > > Employment Training Panel > > 1100 J Street, 4th Floor > > Sacramento, CA 95814 > > (916) 327-5276 > > jhea...@etp.ca.gov > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
