Thanks for all that information.
Am I safe continuing to use 8.0 or are there things that will get by it?
--- On Fri, 5/30/08, Dave Crozier <DaveC at Flexipol DO.T co.uk> wrote:
> From: Dave Crozier <DaveC@Flexipol.co.uk>
> Subject: RE: [NF] Symantec Antivirus Corporate
> To: "'ProFox Email List'" <profox at leafe DO.T com>
> Date: Friday, May 30, 2008, 3:19 AM
> Michael,
> We upgraded from V8 to the latest corporate version 3
> months ago and have
> ended up kicking it out. It was just so unstable and SLOW
> SLOW SLOW despite
> excluding filetypes such as dbf, cdx etc. Workstations
> would suddenly slow
> down to a crawl for no reason and CPU usage skyrocket to
> 100% - used up by
> the Symantec Services may I add.
>
> The problem seemed to be more prevalent with AMD processors
> for some reason,
> but as we are split about 80% to 20% AMD:Intel it was a
> pain.
>
> We trialed Sophos and last month installed Sophos Endpoint
> suit which is a
> smaller footprint, centrally controlled via an excellent
> administration
> suite and just seems to do the job. Coupled with that, it
> is also cheaper,
> especially if you tell them you are upgrading from Symantec
> and really
> easier to install.
>
> Symantec seem to have taken a huge leap backwards in their
> products over the
> last few years. Even though V8 was "kludgy" it
> did the job with a small
> footprint but as for support - forget it, unless you want
> to learn Punjabi.
>
> Our main reason for upgrading was the pain of administering
> the AV for each
> of the individual workstations which need to
> "exclude" certain file types to
> speed them up but on the fly so to speak.
>
> This, along with Symantec's seemingly random weird
> behaviour on
> workstations, similar to what you are experiencing but even
> MORE so with the
> newest version was the clincher.
>
> With Sophos, this is a breeze and it is literally a fit and
> forget solution.
>
> Dave Crozier
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: profox-bounces@leafe.com
> [mailto:profox-bounces at leafe DO.T com] On Behalf
> Of Michael Madigan
> Sent: 30 May 2008 07:38
> To: profox@leafe.com
> Subject: [NF] Symantec Antivirus Corporate
>
> I have a client with Symantec Antivirus corporate version
> 8.0 running on 10
> computers. Just recently the date stamp on the virus
> definitions stopped
> showing on the client screen and now just shows blank
> space. This is a
> known issue.
>
> Everything else seems to run fine. They are still
> delivering antivirus
> definition updates.
>
> IS there any advantage to upgrading to a new version of
> Corporate edition?
> I'm inclined to leave well enough alone, but my client
> is getting nervous.
>
> I can't see spending the upgrade price for a 10 pack
> that will possible slow
> down the system.
>
> any thoughts?
>
>
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