Vipre seems to be the best antivirus thats is also keeping up well with malware. The other major players are seriously paling in comparison.
Otherwise, if you are already vested in an antivirus product; suppliment your systems with dedicated malware protection from something like Malwarebytes. -- ME2 On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 9:20 AM, John Hornbuckle < john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> wrote: > The “Security Tools” malware is about to drive me insane. My users keep > managing to infect themselves with it, and we’re having trouble stopping it. > > > > They don’t run with admin rights, so there’s no real damage done to their > systems and we can clean it up in about two minutes. But the time adds up, > and I’m tired of my technicians having to waste time on it. > > > > Our antimalware software is Microsoft’s Forefront Client Security, and it’s > having a tough time catching this. Every time I get infected, I send the EXE > to Microsoft and they update their definitions—but the EXE’s used by the > malware apparently change rapidly, and seem to constantly be a step ahead of > FCS’s definitions. > > > > I can think of a couple of options that I know would stop it, like blocking > all EXE’s at our web filter or using group policy to limit the running of > EXE’s—but this would also prevent users from doing things like installing > safe plug-ins from websites, so it’s not a first resort. > > > > Suggestions? > > > > > > > > John Hornbuckle > > MIS Department > > Taylor County School District > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications > to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the > public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to > public disclosure. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
