I wonder as a short term shim if you could setup Servers Alive (sAlive!) to check for the service, and start it if it finds it stopped ... I think that sAlive! runs on a 5 minute cycle, and may still be free for a limited number of endpoints
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Evan Brastow <ebras...@automatedemblem.com>wrote: > Hi David, > > > > Nope. They’re running the LocalSystem account. They’ll be running fine one > day, and then I’ll check and see I have no Vipre icon in my tray, so I’ll > check other users and find the same thing. Then I’ll go to the Vipre server > and find that the service is not running. When it asks me if I want to do a > remote start and I say yes, it lists all of the clients as Inactive, and I > have to select them, right click, and choose to “Start Agent”…. Kinda > frustrating. > > > > Evan > > * * > > * * > > > > *From:* David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 04, 2010 2:12 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: VIPRE versus Trend > > > > Do you have Vipre agents running as a domain service account? That’s the > situation I have at home where Vipre doesn’t start with the machine even > though I have it to delayed start and “restart the service” set at the 3 > actions. I find if I manually start the service after the machine has been > up for 5-10 minutes (It’s also a DHCP/DNS/DC…but for a whopping 2 systems) > it starts fine. > > > > My clients with Vipre service use the LocalSystem account and no issues. > Related? Dunno. > > *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 > > *From:* Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:06 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: VIPRE versus Trend > > > > Just getting caught up on stuff.. > > > > I agree, Steve. I can’t keep Vipre running, either. Half the time I look, > it’s not on any of the clients it should be, and then when I look at the > server, the service hasn’t been running for who knows how long. I know I > should check it every day or hour or something, but in a small company with > very limited staff (staff = me,) there isn’t the time to babysit it. We’re > looking to move to either Symantec or go back to Trend next year. > > > > Evan > > * * > > * * > > * * > > > > *From:* Steve Kelsay [mailto:kels...@sctax.org] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 24, 2010 4:43 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: VIPRE versus Trend > > > > I wish I could be more optimistic, but We are using the Vipre Enterprise. > It does an excellent job of protecting us, when I can keep it running. It > seems like it just is not ready for primetime. Sunbelt had their top tech go > through our entire network setup during a recent Konficker attack, and it is > still not really stable. > > > > I can look at the console and believe it is running wonderfully, until > scans start without any identifiable cause, effectively shutting down > servers with 100% Cpu usage, but that scan never shows up on the remote > console, although the machines are sending last contact info, and last scan > info, the off time scans never show up. I lobbied hard to get Vipre, and > really want it to succeed, but it is not looking good at this time. A deep > scan starts on many machines as soon as anyone logs onto the machine, and > that will also peg the CPU meter. No reason we can tell for this to happen. > > > > *From:* Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 24, 2010 4:26 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* VIPRE versus Trend > > > > All, > > > > We’re looking to move away from McAfee. Right now we’re considering Trend > Micro OfficeScan Enterprise and the VIPRE Enterprise products. > > > > Anyone here (aside from Sunbelt employees) have any experience with both of > the current or relatively current iterations of the products? > > > > Can you provide any reasons to choose one over the other, aside from price? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > Technology Coordinator > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA* > *jra...@eaglemds.com* > *www.eaglemds.com > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Any medical information contained in this electronic message is > CONFIDENTIAL and privileged. It is unlawful for unauthorized persons to > view, copy, disclose, or disseminate CONFIDENTIAL information. This > electronic message may contain information that is confidential and/or > legally privileged. It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) > and/or entity named as recipients in the message. If you are not an intended > recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and delete > this material from your computer. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this > message, and do not disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on > the information that it contains. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
