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Enterprise Antivirus packages - What's the best?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Isaac Nov 16, 2009.
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Paul Stoklosa replied to edo's discussion 'Content Filter Solution'
I like dansguardian. I've had it installed on any old hardware, and worked good supporting around 100 people. Really customizable filtering, but the config is 100% linux config files, which can be a positive or negative, depending how you feel…
Paul Stoklosa replied to Graycat's discussion 'Favourite bit of tech'
For Home, I love my new PopCorn Hour device. It plays every media format under the sun, over wireless N, paired with my Tonido Plug, there's nothing that compares...
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Paul Stoklosa replied to Stefan Pynappels's discussion 'iSCSI SAN Questions'
oh.. and if the switch supports it, try turning on jumbo frames for each device from end to end for better performance. And if you want to emulate a production system, use 2 nics in each server, and 2 gigabit switches, connected to 2 ports or nics…
Paul Stoklosa replied to Stefan Pynappels's discussion 'iSCSI SAN Questions'
A gig switch is a gig switch if that's all you need.. Should be fine.. But beware.. Openfiler is nice.. but I don't believe it supports the 'reservation' required to share a volume between multiple hosts. This is needed for…
Paul Stoklosa replied to Graycat's discussion 'Wikis in the workplace'
we've been using the free community version of deki wiki.. great if you need to give different groups access to portions of the wiki. integrates with AD. Easy to use.
Isaac replied to Paul Stoklosa's discussion 'Enterprise Antivirus packages - What's the best?'
I’m not going to keep harping on this as you’ve obviously made a choice here but I’m going to make a last comment. What makes Windows so special that it needs AV whereas Macs, Linux and Unix machines don’t? Plenty of exploits…
Paul Stoklosa replied to Wesley "Nonapeptide"'s discussion 'How do you liven up a sluggish sales rep?'
I'd usually just send a request for a quote to 2 competing resellers.. (even using CC) and whoever responds first, gets the sale.. as long as the price is close..
Paul Stoklosa replied to Tsahy Shapsa's discussion 'Does The IT Guy Spy On Everyone? http://bit.ly/QzxBh'
Wish i had the time to even consider snooping! Not that i would.. Most things that i could read are really of no interest to me.. Some things are better left unknown.. I don't take offense though.. I think I've joked about it myself..
Paul Stoklosa replied to Paul Stoklosa's discussion 'Enterprise Antivirus packages - What's the best?'
after doing an eval, I'm almost ready to declare eset the best fit for us.. the management is straight forward and responsive. (I love that it's not java or web based). Some comparison tests I've come across show that it has a high…
Paul Stoklosa replied to Paul Stoklosa's discussion 'Enterprise Antivirus packages - What's the best?'
I agree... there's too many ways around not having admin rights.. rights escalation through exploits, etc.. the only way an internet connecting pc is safe without AV is if it's really locked down, with some kind of blacklisting.. or…
Sitaram Pamarthi replied to Paul Stoklosa's discussion 'Enterprise Antivirus packages - What's the best?'
I like the idea of AV less PC in ideal world but world can not ideal ever.!!
Things works great when the PC user is just a user and works with resources on his PC. But the majour problem comes when he connects to the world of internet. There are…
Steven L Cox replied to Paul Stoklosa's discussion 'Enterprise Antivirus packages - What's the best?'
I'm in the process of switching my main client from Symatec Endpoint(less) Protection to ESET. ESET had a decent price, they seemed responsive and so far I've had no problems out of it.
I don't have a problem with the no AV…
John McGrath replied to Paul Stoklosa's discussion 'Enterprise Antivirus packages - What's the best?'
Sorry for the delayed response..
The virus that was transmitted to the Desktop was broadcasting itself across our network, causing havoc with many desktops, not just one.
Also, we were lucky that our servers were up to date. That would have caused…
Isaac replied to Paul Stoklosa's discussion 'Enterprise Antivirus packages - What's the best?'
I’ve been trying to rethink a lot of assumptions regarding how networks are built and dumping AV came out of that. It’s always just been a given that you run AV on Windows, but MS has come a long way from windows 95/98. I feel that not…
Andrew Rogers replied to Paul Stoklosa's discussion 'Enterprise Antivirus packages - What's the best?'
Threads a little old now, but nevermind :)
We use McAfee too and are about to start looking round at other vendors as our renewal is due earlyish next year. We did this last year and came close to Kaspersky, but during testing they had released…
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Posted on September 29, 2009 at 3:36pm — 1 Comment
Free antivirus vs. Paid for AV vs. Firewalls vs. application whitelisting
I'm a big fan of everything opensource or just plain free. I always recommend applications such as openoffice.org to those that really don't need to buy ms office. But I've always been a bit hesitant to say that a free alternative to norton/symantec is good enough. I've always liked clam and avg, but somehow always thought that they'd only catch 99% of the bad stuff, and that 1% is the dealbreaker. The reason I thought that the commercial versions were better is that the company backing the… Continue
Posted on April 3, 2009 at 2:24am — 13 Comments
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- At 4:41am on March 30, 2009,
Matt Simmons said… - Hi Paul,
I'm planning on getting a sysadmin meetup scheduled in NYC in the beginning of May (probably on the 2nd). Since you're in the area, I wanted to let you know about it. I don't have a place to meet yet, but I was figuring on dinner and drinks. Bring your significant other, if you have one, and let any other admins know in the area.
If you're interested, you can reply here or drop me a line at standalone.sysadmin@gmail.com.
Thanks,
--Matt
- At 3:12am on April 2, 2009,
Matt Simmons said…
- > if she lets me
hehe I know how it goes :-) I'll reply with more information as soon as I get a place and time nailed down. Thanks!
- At 4:00pm on April 17, 2009,
Mohan Kumar said… - HI Paul
Nice to see you, I have a interview with in five days, can you please send me any exchange server(2003) inetrview questions.I know you will very much experienced with this.Please help.
I will be very gratefull to you.
mohancruise@gmail.com
- At 6:44am on July 18, 2009,
Matt Simmons said…
- Hey Paul,
I commented a while back about a sysadmin meetup, but the plans fell through. Well, it's back, and it's going to happen this time.
I'm throwing a sysadmin meetup in NYC at the end of July. It's coinciding with SysAdmin Appreciation Day. I wanted to let you know in case you've got a chance to show up. More information is available here:
http://www.standalone-sysadmin.com/blog/sysadmin-day-get-together/
Don't forget to tell your sysadmin friends to check it out, too!
Thanks,
--Matt
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