Well, I can arrange a 30 day trial for anyone who would like to try it on their own. I too have the pleasure of working on basically every brand of AV being a consultant. Mostly I see Symantec, McAfee and Sophos. Personally I would use Sophos over the others simply because of the performance difference. It does not seem to impact the system resources as much and scans much faster than the others. I do agree that comfort level is an important part. I hardly recommend any software or hardware that I have not had some personal experience with. ________________________________ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ryan Lambert Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 8:38 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 ________________________________ 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 ________________________________ 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 Notice of Confidentiality: This e-mail and any attachments may contain privileged and/or confidential information. This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any copying, distribution, dissemination or action taken in relation to the contents of this e-mail and any of its attachments is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. 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