As a follow up, it appears that removing McAfee depends quite a bit on which version you have. Vipre hasn't been able to remove it. Kaspersky requires a couple reboots to remove it once they got the version right. Nod32 builds a custom rip and replace tool that they charge you for, which means renewals are cheaper, but it seems to work great. Sophos also easily ripped and replaced without requiring a reboot, although the final pieces get removed when you reboot.
From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Enterprise Anti-Virus Vipre removes McAfee when correctly configured to do so. It also has removal for most other AV software. And +1 on Vipre. On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Harry Singh <hbo...@gmail.com> wrote: I plan on making a decision similar to this in near future and i'm curious how do you plan on uninstalling your current AV across 4k workstations? It would be nice is Vipre or NOD32 had the ability to recognize AV and remove it accordingly. That may be wishful thinking though. On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Karl Bickmore <k...@ccnsconsulting.com> wrote: I put in the vote for Vipre. We run a central console for about 30 sites with the newest version 4.0. It is pretty easy to deploy and the policy management is also simple. Even more, it seems to be a solid product at actually doing AV. Karl Bickmore MSCE NT4/2k/2k3, MCP, MCP+I, MCSA 2k/2k3 LPI-1, CCNA, CCDA, Net+,Security+,Linux+ DataCore SANmelody Certified 6613 N Scottsdale Road, Suite 101 Scottsdale AZ, 85250 480-553-9967 X100 k...@ccnsconsulting.com Please remember CCNS is a referral based business. If you have a friend or colleague in need, we are happy to help. Feel free to pass along our contact information to anyone you think we can help. Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 1:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Enterprise Anti-Virus I know this has been discussed many times in the past, but I'm going to ask again. Our McAfee contract is nearing renewal and we're looking for alternatives. We have about 4,000 desktops in 20 remote sites. We'd love the flexibility of managing everything from centralized console, and perhaps even allowing the local sites on-site staff to have access to their own machines. Not all our pipes are that great, so a distributed model for .dat updates would be ideal. We are currently evaluating Vipre. Last year we looked at and actually chose to buy Nod32, but, well, long story, and it wasn't the vendors fault. We're also looking at Trend and Sophos. Any feedback on what you have now and why you chose it or are dumping it would be great. Thanks, Ray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- 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/> ~
