DANG! Within the year, I'm having VIPRE ripped violently from my dying grasp because NYC HQ has 4 times as many Ca-Ca users (and a couple of NYC Big Guys insist on uniformity) -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof.
"Evan Brastow" <ebras...@automatedemblem.com> wrote on 06/17/2009 02:11:03 PM: > I used to say years ago that if CA antivirus was any good it would > immediately remove itself from any workstation it was installed on. > > It never did, though. > > > From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:55 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: AV revisited > > +2 or is that +3 now. Whatever, just got my license keys for Vipre > and Sunbelt's sales team will likely (said in a 'Godfather' like > voice) make you an offer you can't refuse. > > Deep scans from McAfee weren't allowed on my servers because it > would absolutely bring the server to a screeching halt, which is not good. > > Just made my desktop guys so happy today that they were about to > give me hugs when I showed them in writing that Vipre Enterprise > will remove McAfee automatically. Most of the IT people that I > work with have switched to Vipre even though we have a free home use > of McAfee.... > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:33 PM, David Lum <david....@nwea.org> wrote: > +1 > > From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:32 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: AV revisited > > > How 'bout our sponsor's product (VIPRE)? > > Sales is trying to undercut -er- make competitive pricing for > switching from other products. Centralized control is great... > > Despite claims of low load, running a deep scan will pretty much > make a system unusable for the duration (but competitors will > probably do the same). > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > > ASPCA® > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > richardmccl...@aspca.org > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > www.aspca.org > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® > (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named > herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, > you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, > copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in > error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently > delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. > > > "Erik Goldoff" <egold...@gmail.com> wrote on 06/17/2009 01:26:33 PM: > > > > got a friend with a small law firm as a client, HQ office about 20 > > stations and 6 servers, 10 satellite offices with 5 stations ... > > > > > They have Trend and are VERY unhappy with the latest updates, and > > will not consider Symantec nor McAfee as a replacement ... > > > > Given that, what would you recommend as a best price/performance > > product with some centralized control ? AVG, AVAST, Sophos, or what > > ??? And why ? > > > > Erik Goldoff > > IT Consultant > > Systems, Networks, & Security > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. Clarke > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
