[THIN] Re: Independent tests (was Re: Virus protection)

We personally go with TrendMicro...for 2 reasons...offices in Japan and the
UK allow for rapid deployment of updated virus pattern definitions before
the outbreaks occur here in the US (the UK office normally sees the virus
outbreak there 5 hours before we get hit).  Also, the overhead on our severs
seems to be extremely small, even with all inbound and outbound files being
scanned under a heavy user load.
 
Just my $0.02.  Hope it helps you.
 
-Dave Melczer
dmelczer@xxxxxxxx <mailto:dmelczer@xxxxxxxx> 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Lambert [mailto:rlambert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 9:38 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Independent tests (was Re: Virus protection)



In my experience, I've had pretty much every brand of antivirus I've used
find something the other has not, and vice versa.

 

Norton, Sophos, Trend, Panda, McAfee... the list just goes on... I try to
stay away from Igotknockedup IT (InoculateIT CA), though.

 

Basically, why would anyone trying to sell a product say theirs wasn't
better than a competitor? It would be selling suicide not to. Personally I
prefer either McAfee, Sophos, or Trend... I couldn't tell you why, though.
It's just what I'm comfortable with. That's probably what it boils down to
anymore. That and incident/virus response.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Euan Cooper [mailto:Euan.Cooper@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 3:13 PM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Independent tests (was Re: Virus protection)

 

Just how "independent" is this test when the second line says 

Test report prepared under contract from Sophos Anti-Virus

While I don't want to "bag" Sophos as I have not direct knowledge of the
product[1] I bet with a bit of looking I could find similar "independent"
tests showing most of the major anti virus software vendor's products
favourably against their rivals.

Reminds me of an internal MS video presentation on NT3.5 I once saw  - a
question was asked about how NT was going to win against Novell.  One of the
key points was that any time anyone was running a comparison of NT against
any other NOS NT had to win - MS had a team whose sole job was to make sure
this happened.

I agree with Roger on this - AV software is pretty much a Ford vs Holden[2]
thing.  I would go so far as to say that no AV software in itself is not
enough to completely protect your network anyway.

-Ec

1  though I have heard good things about it

2 Localised for NZ

 

 -----Original Message-----
From: John Carlson [mailto:johnc@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, 29 January 2004 6:39 a.m.
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Virus protection

Absolutely there is a difference. I had a client who was running Symantec
Corporate and experiencing odd behavior on his network. I told him it
sounded like a virus and he assured me his AV software was up to date. I set
him up with a 30 day demo of Sophos and upon scanning his network drives he
found viruses in the first folder it scanned. Viruses that Symantec had
missed. It was the easiest sale I ever made. 

 

Don't just take my word for it. Here is an independent test comparing Sophos
to the majors:

 

http://www.veritest.com/clients/reports/sophos/sophos_antivirus.pdf
<http://www.veritest.com/clients/reports/sophos/sophos_antivirus.pdf> 

 


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From: Roger Riggins [mailto:roger.riggins@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 11:28 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Virus protection

It's the difference between a Ford and a Chevy. Everyone is going to have
different experiences with the products in their environment. 

 

Personally, if I was trying to decide between AV apps I'd stick to the
biggest... McAfee and Symantec. For what it's worth, I used many products
when I was a consultant and found Symantec to have the best product. Like I
said though... Ford and Chevy. It's whatever works for you.

 

R

 


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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Robinson, Nick
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 11:14 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Virus protection

 

A little off subject but.... I'm currently using McAfee for my domain and
users virus protection and now someone is telling me Sophos is better.
Anyone here use Sophos and can make an argument for either McAfee or Sophos?
I like McAfee but maybe its not the best.

 

TIA

Nick

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