I hadn't heard that. Thanks
--- On Fri, 5/30/08, Dave Crozier <DaveC .AT. Flexipol .D.OT co.uk> wrote:
> From: Dave Crozier <DaveC@Flexipol.co.uk>
> Subject: RE: [NF] Symantec Antivirus Corporate
> To: "'ProFox Email List'" <profox .AT. leafe .D.OT com>
> Date: Friday, May 30, 2008, 12:07 PM
> Michael,
> We never had any breaches on the antivirus side with V8 but
> the biggest
> problem is that the renewal option won't be available
> after the end of this
> year so no more virus updates.
>
> Dave Crozier
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: profox-bounces@leafe.com
> [mailto:profox-bounces .AT. leafe .D.OT com] On Behalf
> Of Michael Madigan
> Sent: 30 May 2008 16:55
> To: ProFox Email List
> Subject: RE: [NF] Symantec Antivirus Corporate
>
> 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@Flexipol.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > From: Dave Crozier <DaveC .AT. Flexipol .D.OT co.uk>
> > Subject: RE: [NF] Symantec Antivirus Corporate
> > To: "'ProFox Email List'"
> <profox@leafe.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 .AT. leafe .D.OT com
> > [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf
> > Of Michael Madigan
> > Sent: 30 May 2008 07:38
> > To: profox .AT. leafe .D.OT 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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