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Tony
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      11-26-2005, 09:24 AM
I'm looking for Antivirus software recommendations for use on my XP server
computer. Sick of Norton A/V and want a change. Any advice would be
great... Thanks





 
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      11-26-2005, 09:42 AM
"Tony" <private-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for Antivirus software recommendations for use on my XP server
> computer. Sick of Norton A/V and want a change. Any advice would be
> great... Thanks
>


Try here ........

www.avast.com


 
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      11-26-2005, 09:56 AM
Tony wrote:
> I'm looking for Antivirus software recommendations for use on my XP server
> computer. Sick of Norton A/V and want a change. Any advice would be
> great... Thanks
>


AVG from http://www.grisoft.com. And its free.

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      11-26-2005, 10:59 AM
Tony Raven wrote:
> Tony wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for Antivirus software recommendations for use on my XP
>> server
>> computer. Sick of Norton A/V and want a change. Any advice would be
>> great... Thanks
>>

>
> AVG from http://www.grisoft.com. And its free.
>

I'll second that - we moved over to the server version instead of the
bloated (and useless) Symantec/Norton stuff. We also have AVG (paid
version) on about 40 PCs.

 
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Al Jalil-Bin-Kulaz
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      11-26-2005, 12:29 PM
I dont know about the home version of Norton.. but we use Symantec
Corporate Edition on 200 servers and a total of 1000 laptops/desktops
and with version 10 you get anti-spyware built in and yesterday with
the outbreak of the Secefa virus - Symantec did its job..... now all
Microsoft have to do is fix the flaws in the operating system that
these virus exploit...

On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:24:02 -0000, "Tony"
<private-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I'm looking for Antivirus software recommendations for use on my XP server
>computer. Sick of Norton A/V and want a change. Any advice would be
>great... Thanks
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Management
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      11-26-2005, 05:24 PM
Tony wrote:
> I'm looking for Antivirus software recommendations for use on my XP server
> computer. Sick of Norton A/V and want a change. Any advice would be
> great... Thanks
>
>
>
>
>


It's really hard now that we know that they all let us down over the
Sony-BMG fiasco so I certainly wouldn't be paying well earned money
to any of them. Might as well use the good free ones like AVG or Avast.

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Gaz
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      11-27-2005, 03:26 PM
Al Jalil-Bin-Kulaz wrote:
> I dont know about the home version of Norton.. but we use Symantec
> Corporate Edition on 200 servers and a total of 1000 laptops/desktops
> and with version 10 you get anti-spyware built in and yesterday with
> the outbreak of the Secefa virus - Symantec did its job..... now all
> Microsoft have to do is fix the flaws in the operating system that
> these virus exploit...


Yes their entrerprise versions have a reasonable reputation, their desktop
NAV products are truly abominable though.

Gaz


> On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:24:02 -0000, "Tony"
> <private-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>> I'm looking for Antivirus software recommendations for use on my XP
>> server
>> computer. Sick of Norton A/V and want a change. Any advice would be
>> great... Thanks



 
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Al Jalil-Bin-Kulaz
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      11-27-2005, 07:25 PM
one would assume the Home and Corporate version would use the same AV
engine- hence performance and functionality between the two should be
similiair

On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 16:26:17 -0000, "Gaz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Al Jalil-Bin-Kulaz wrote:
>> I dont know about the home version of Norton.. but we use Symantec
>> Corporate Edition on 200 servers and a total of 1000 laptops/desktops
>> and with version 10 you get anti-spyware built in and yesterday with
>> the outbreak of the Secefa virus - Symantec did its job..... now all
>> Microsoft have to do is fix the flaws in the operating system that
>> these virus exploit...

>
>Yes their entrerprise versions have a reasonable reputation, their desktop
>NAV products are truly abominable though.
>
>Gaz
>
>
>> On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:24:02 -0000, "Tony"
>> <private-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm looking for Antivirus software recommendations for use on my XP
>>> server
>>> computer. Sick of Norton A/V and want a change. Any advice would be
>>> great... Thanks

>


 
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Gaz
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      11-28-2005, 08:46 AM
Al Jalil-Bin-Kulaz wrote:
> one would assume the Home and Corporate version would use the same AV
> engine- hence performance and functionality between the two should be
> similiair


Performance is anything but similar. I believe they use the same definition
database, but the actual software is completely different.

Try NAV2004/2005/2006 on a winxp machine with 256mb of memory, you will see
what i mean, while the symantec antivirus has a small footprint.

Gaz


 
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