Actually, they are worse :-( CFee ________________________________
From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: AV revisited Support and documentation is not any better either. Jon On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Carol Fee <c...@massbar.org> wrote: NOD32 is not at all easy to manage. CFee -----Original Message----- From: RAY ZORZ [mailto:rz...@azcorrections.gov] Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 5:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: AV revisited We opted to dump McAfee for Nod32. Would've saved us a bunch of money. We gotten overridden in the 11th hour by our CIO. Apparently he never heard of the product. I'm guessing had we looked at Vipre the same thing would've happened. But we'll keep Vipre in mind for next fiscal year. >>> Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> 6/17/2009 1:11 PM >>> Tough crowd. I wonder what it would have taken to get the business? Oh, well - at least you gave it your best shot. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:52, <richardmccl...@aspca.org> wrote: > > Not only that, SB sales gave them the full dog-and-pony show. They were impressed with the product but not impressed enough. Our agents really push their desktop systems to the max. Perhaps if eveybody here screamed toward the bEast Coast when their systems slowed down even more, they would relent. :( > > Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote on 06/17/2009 02:21:02 PM: > > > Give them the data on VIPRE, especially the pricing. They might convert. > > > > Kurt > > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:17, <richardmccl...@aspca.org> wrote: > > > > > > 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(r) > > > 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 <http://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(r) (ASPCA(r)) 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 isnot 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(r) > > > > 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 <http://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(r) > > > > (ASPCA(r)) 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. 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