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looking for good antivirus s/w for exchange 2003
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I've used Trend's ScanMail new for about 5 years and I like it a lot. I have yet to get hit with an outbreak, although I check for updates on an hourly basis. Yeah it is a bit pricy but if you use Trend for your entire infrastructure you can get a good package deal on Server, Officescan, Scanmail, VirusWall, and VCS. And OfficeSCan works fine through XP SP2 migration. 
You could also look into Computer Associates virus package. I have heard good things about it, but I have never tried it nor seen it work.
Others may disagree but I think arguing Virus software is like arguing AMD vs. Intel or Nvidia vs. ATI; it's all a matter of preference. In the end most fo them work fairly well, you just have to look at your needs compared to what the software offers.
-Al
You could also look into Computer Associates virus package. I have heard good things about it, but I have never tried it nor seen it work.
Others may disagree but I think arguing Virus software is like arguing AMD vs. Intel or Nvidia vs. ATI; it's all a matter of preference. In the end most fo them work fairly well, you just have to look at your needs compared to what the software offers.
-Al
ashleym
MIS
- Mar 30, 2001
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I really prefer sybari antigen, I have used trend, didnt like it, tried McAfee, didint like it, used symantec and its ok, but it hooks too deeply into exchange, I've seen it crash exchange when it has problems scanning attachments.
Joepc, how do you use/manage the spy/ad ware protection, I've seen it mentioned that its included in V9.0 but cannot find anything more about it.
AM
Joepc, how do you use/manage the spy/ad ware protection, I've seen it mentioned that its included in V9.0 but cannot find anything more about it.
AM
we use symantec ent. with sms 4.5 for exchange, it's been quite stable with the sms 4.5, but what ashleym saying was true on all of the issues with the perious release and we had it all happened to us.
we licensed for the ent. edition, we got the whole package for server and desktop, web proxy if your license permitted you could also setup a dmz smtp server with the smtp gateway product. I guess this will be the same with other vendors if you brought a complete package.
I am not with symantec but got to say it is good product, however, the spam filtering sucks, to flight with that we have to go for other vendor for anti-spam. about AV we have about 4-5 uncatched new virus in the pass 3 yrs but the desktop scanner picked them up.
For soho user, it might be a good idea to look other direction, such as AV and AS at the gateway, now vendor like juniper(the netscreen product line), sonicwall(tighted with trend micro), and fortinet etc, all offering all in one router/gateway, which can pickup virus/spy ware/p2p/spam right at the gateway, we knowing that symantec can also miss on new viruses, we brought a fortinet router which is working pretty good in keeping us virus free from all the recent virus outbreaks.
we licensed for the ent. edition, we got the whole package for server and desktop, web proxy if your license permitted you could also setup a dmz smtp server with the smtp gateway product. I guess this will be the same with other vendors if you brought a complete package.
I am not with symantec but got to say it is good product, however, the spam filtering sucks, to flight with that we have to go for other vendor for anti-spam. about AV we have about 4-5 uncatched new virus in the pass 3 yrs but the desktop scanner picked them up.
For soho user, it might be a good idea to look other direction, such as AV and AS at the gateway, now vendor like juniper(the netscreen product line), sonicwall(tighted with trend micro), and fortinet etc, all offering all in one router/gateway, which can pickup virus/spy ware/p2p/spam right at the gateway, we knowing that symantec can also miss on new viruses, we brought a fortinet router which is working pretty good in keeping us virus free from all the recent virus outbreaks.
I use Symantec. I have one major problem with it. The live update virus tables are usually updated every week. I had a virus come in because the live update did not update the server and clients to the latest tables. There was an update available for manual installation. This is very annoying and quite possibly something that will make me change to a different company. I love the product other than that issue.
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devastator
IS-IT--Management
You can't just depend on an antivirus to stop all viruses. First line of defense should be some type of email filter to filter out .scr, .pif, .exe files. That way you don't have to look for updates all the time since most new viruses are sent out with dangerous attachments. Also some type of spam filter to eliminate the load on the Exchange Server and Symantec Antivirus. Symantec Enterprise can do all that but you are still letting these files on to your network and its not very good. That is why I would recommend setting something else up along with Symantec.
The more defenses the less likely of being infected, and less burden on your Exchange Server and Symantec for Exchange Server.
The more defenses the less likely of being infected, and less burden on your Exchange Server and Symantec for Exchange Server.
I agree with Albion. I have also used ScanMail for years. It works great. If you get one of the Suite packages you can get a better deal than purchasing the stand-alone package plus the Trend CSM for SMB includes EManager for ScanMail which is an anti-spam filter which works pretty good. If you are just looking for Exchange virus scanning, I have heard great things about GFI products. You might want to check them out.
I am running Symantec Antivirus Corp Ed 9 (moving to 10.0) I just talked management to upgrading to Exchange Server 2003 and now researching the in's and out's....
Will the Symantec Antivirus client be sufficient to run on my 2k3 Exchange server?
Will the Symantec Antivirus client be sufficient to run on my 2k3 Exchange server?
If you can upgrade to the Enterprise version, you get the Exchange anti-virus program included, plus all your server and desktop licenses. Corp is fine for regular servers, but I think bad things can happen if it's installed on Exchange -- like it detects a virus coming in and deletes a file when Exchange isn't quite done with it?
I have a testing box going into production next week with Exchange 2003 and we're live with version 10. The spyware detection in 10 is pretty decent, but it's not 100% when it comes to fixing problems.
I have a testing box going into production next week with Exchange 2003 and we're live with version 10. The spyware detection in 10 is pretty decent, but it's not 100% when it comes to fixing problems.
Tightpants
Technical User
Whatever AV product you use do not enable on-access file scanning for anything to do with Exchange. I have heard of at least a couple of instances where the on-access scanner has removed a .LOG file and crashed Exchange.
I agree with the Trend recommendations. ScanMail worked great for me, especially as part of their NeatSuite. Very reasonably priced. Set it to automatically check for updates hourly and push from a central server.
It is a good idea to exclude all Exchange files from the on-access scanning of your other AV product(s).
It is a good idea to exclude all Exchange files from the on-access scanning of your other AV product(s).
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