Antivirus

[Stephen]

This may be an odd question but are there any free antivirus solutions out
there for Server 2003?

 

[Tom Willett]

No.

"Stephen" <nospam@nospam.no> wrote in message
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| This may be an odd question but are there any free antivirus solutions out
| there for Server 2003?
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[dan]

It's not free but you can buy Symantec Corporate Edition 10.2 from Techsoup
at a very low cost for a qualifying non profit organization.
"Stephen" <nospam@nospam.no> wrote in message
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> This may be an odd question but are there any free antivirus solutions out
> there for Server 2003?
>

 

[Ryan Hanisco]

Antivirus is one area you don't want to short yourself on. You do get what
you pay for and you don't want to put your environment in the hands of
software that isn't kept to the highest standards.
--
Ryan Hanisco
MCSE, MCTS: SQL 2005, Project+
Chicago, IL

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"Stephen" wrote:

> This may be an odd question but are there any free antivirus solutions out
> there for Server 2003?
>
>
>

 

[Haovard via WinServerKB.com]

Stepehn,

as said, do not "save" some money on buying antivirus. Antivirus programs
uses the same pattern databases, but there are differente ways of removing
the antivirus. We are using Trend Officescan in our enviorement(aprox 800
users). The good thing about this produckt is the management and the
opertunity to monitor the clients(what pattern, scan engine etc.). Also, this
product has built in ad-aware removing support, which have become very
helpful.



Stephen wrote:
>This may be an odd question but are there any free antivirus solutions out
>there for Server 2003?

--
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[Ryan Hanisco]

Every product has its sweet spot. I can tell you that Trend is often the
first to report and detect a virus these days. Unfortunately, I have seen it
fail in large environments as it alerts as to the existence of the virus, but
cannot correctly remove it.

I have been going with ePolicy Orchestrator (McAfee ePO) as it does do a
good job, even if it lage by a day on the detection. I would rather have the
threat fixed than know that I have a problem as my team watches the network
fall to pieces.

Every few years, each virus company reorgs and becomes the best for one
thing or another, so it isn't safe to assume the best one 5 years ago is the
best one today. You do have to reevaluate every few years.
--
Ryan Hanisco
MCSE, MCTS: SQL 2005, Project+
Chicago, IL

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"Haovard via WinServerKB.com" wrote:

> Stepehn,
>
> as said, do not "save" some money on buying antivirus. Antivirus programs
> uses the same pattern databases, but there are differente ways of removing
> the antivirus. We are using Trend Officescan in our enviorement(aprox 800
> users). The good thing about this produckt is the management and the
> opertunity to monitor the clients(what pattern, scan engine etc.). Also, this
> product has built in ad-aware removing support, which have become very
> helpful.
>
>
>
> Stephen wrote:
> >This may be an odd question but are there any free antivirus solutions out
> >there for Server 2003?
>
> --
> Message posted via http://www.winserverkb.com
>
>

 

[dan]

Symantec Corporate Edition AV works very reliably for my clients and many
others. It is not "software that isn't kept to the highest standards".
"Ryan Hanisco" <RyanHanisco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Antivirus is one area you don't want to short yourself on. You do get
> what
> you pay for and you don't want to put your environment in the hands of
> software that isn't kept to the highest standards.
> --
> Ryan Hanisco
> MCSE, MCTS: SQL 2005, Project+
> Chicago, IL
>
> Remember: Marking helpful answers helps everyone find the info they need
> quickly.
>
>
> "Stephen" wrote:
>
>> This may be an odd question but are there any free antivirus solutions
>> out
>> there for Server 2003?
>>
>>
>>

 

[Ryan Hanisco]

dan,

I absolutely agree. I have used the product in some environments back to
version 7.6 and it has a good track record. It is easy to use and deploy and
work well in a number of scenarios.

My response was to the previous poster and not disparaging against SAV at all.
--
Ryan Hanisco
MCSE, MCTS: SQL 2005, Project+
Chicago, IL

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quickly.


"dan" wrote:

> Symantec Corporate Edition AV works very reliably for my clients and many
> others. It is not "software that isn't kept to the highest standards".
> "Ryan Hanisco" <RyanHanisco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:76660598-978A-49FA-AD8C-E83F17EECB4F@microsoft.com...
> > Antivirus is one area you don't want to short yourself on. You do get
> > what
> > you pay for and you don't want to put your environment in the hands of
> > software that isn't kept to the highest standards.
> > --
> > Ryan Hanisco
> > MCSE, MCTS: SQL 2005, Project+
> > Chicago, IL
> >
> > Remember: Marking helpful answers helps everyone find the info they need
> > quickly.
> >
> >
> > "Stephen" wrote:
> >
> >> This may be an odd question but are there any free antivirus solutions
> >> out
> >> there for Server 2003?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>