Re: Server and Virus Protection

From: Mike Lambert (mikel_at_mpmonline.com)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 08:49:56 -0500

Ok, so after looking at the websites I see that they sell it per license.
So if I have 20 computers I need to protect, I need to get 20 licenses,
right? Then does this also give me the software to manage the AV from the
server? Or is that extra? Is this different for every vendor or are they
generally the same? Once I have the license file I can have the server
deploy the programs to the individual computers using group policies without
having to go the each computer, right? Sorry if some of my questions are
simple. I am still trying to learn about software deployment and what kind
of software I need to purchase to be able to do it correctly. Along with
this idea is Microsoft Office. I would also like to deploy this to the
workstations. What version do I need to purchase for this to work?
Enterprise Edition with license files? Thanks again for all of your
suggestions and help!!!

Mike

"Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <levinson_k@despammed.com> wrote in message
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> "Mike Lambert" <mikel@mpmonline.com> wrote in message
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> > server environment, but learning more everyday. Now that we have the
> server
> > I wanted to look into getting rid of the individual copies of virus
> > protection on each computer and install it on the server and use group
> > policies to install it on the other computers. Is this possible? In
the
> > past we have used McAfee. Does anyone have opinions about them, or
> > suggestions on who we should use? Looking at McAfee's web site there are
> so
> > many types of software for this type of thing. Which is the best for a
> > small company? (about 25 computers and 1 server) We currently only use
> the
> > server as a file server, but hope to use it as a e-mail server
eventually.
> > Any help or advice you can offer to this novice would be greatly
> > appreciated.
>
> Well, you don't really remove the AV from the workstations, you still need
> AV there whether or not AV is on the server. You install special server
> software on the server, if you wish, that allows you to centrally and
> remotely manage the AV that is on the workstations. McAfee, Norton /
> Symantec, Trend Micro [three well respected solutions] and many other AV
> vendors offer such solutions if that's what you need. I personally have
> always preferred Norton over McAfee for a number of reasons including the
> usually much higher cost of renewing McAfee for the second year on, though
> everyone is different and prices and products can change. McAfee just
> released version 8 which comes with a bunch of features like
adware/spyware
> detection, port blocking and rudimentary intrusion detection that other AV
> software often doesn't have. I personally found the Symantec AV server
> management product cheaper, simpler, more secure and more time-tested, but
> again things change over time.
>
> Then on the other hand, www.grisoft.com and www.bitdefender.com are also
> respected and free, at least for home use.
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