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Windows Server 2008, Users, and Exchange Server antivirus solution

qmail/spamassasin/clamav VM's(2) -> pop3 pull to exchange 2007/2010 program.

vpn to access exchange server only.

not having your microsoft server on the internet = priceless.
 
Genx87 said:
Kaspersky's corp product has been nothing but a nightmare. We are moving to Symantecs End Point.
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Symantec wont even install I keep getting registry errors saying theres not enough permission, because symantec locks up during install then I am unable to delete the registry key no matter which account im on
 
Genx87 said:
Kaspersky's corp product has been nothing but a nightmare. We are moving to Symantecs End Point.
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The client-side product isn't that bad, but Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager breaks if you even so much as look at it funny.

At least its an improvement over the previous version, where exceeding your license limit by even one machine would disable antivirus updates for all machines tied to that license 🙄

:thumbsdown:
 
theevilsharpie said:
The client-side product isn't that bad, but Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager breaks if you even so much as look at it funny.

At least its an improvement over the previous version, where exceeding your license limit by even one machine would disable antivirus updates for all machines tied to that license 🙄

:thumbsdown:
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I have been using v12 since last Fall and it has been flawless. Sits on a pizza cutter dell running 2003 R2.

/shrug
 
Genx87 said:
I have been using v12 since last Fall and it has been flawless. Sits on a pizza cutter dell running 2003 R2.

/shrug
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I've got about 10 installations in various environments, and every single one of them is broken in one way or another. Hell, come to think of it, I've had to jump through hoops just to get the damn thing installed.
 
if you haven't already, you need to use SEPM/SEP MR5 as there is a known bug in MR4 that keeps AV definitions stuck at 12/31/09.

We use SEPM and i find it a pretty neat product. a bit of a resource hog, but was pretty painless to install UNLESS you have a WSUS installed on the same box. Then let the nightmare begin. (they key is installing on two separate websites which, thankfully, they both prompt you for now)
 
theevilsharpie said:
I've got about 10 installations in various environments, and every single one of them is broken in one way or another. Hell, come to think of it, I've had to jump through hoops just to get the damn thing installed.
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What kind of issues are you running into? I thought it was a pretty straight forward install. Then create the client packages and either push or pull. Create custom policies if you want. It has been running perfectly for months.

/shrug
 
Genx87 said:
What kind of issues are you running into? I thought it was a pretty straight forward install. Then create the client packages and either push or pull. Create custom policies if you want. It has been running perfectly for months.

/shrug
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SEPM not authenticating the user account, SEPM kicking you back to the user login screen even if the user account information is correct, reports within SEPM not working properly, getting everything within SEPM working properly and then having it stop working again for no apparent reason, etc.
 
rasczak said:
We use SEPM and i find it a pretty neat product. a bit of a resource hog, but was pretty painless to install UNLESS you have a WSUS installed on the same box. Then let the nightmare begin. (they key is installing on two separate websites which, thankfully, they both prompt you for now)
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I did a SEPM install about a year ago. The documentation sucked and the program let you install their web sites on the same ports as other existing sites on the server. In my case, it was a Tomcat port, which was undocumented.

That and a couple other things made the install time-consuming. The Symantec technical support stayed with me for the entire rest of the install, though, which was nice. We found that SEPM wasn't able to reliably remove the previous Symantec AV from clients, so I had to manually remove all the client Symantec AV before installing the new one.

The only other issue was that the Symantec software started to crash a Vista client a week later. Installing a newer version of SEPM and updating the client software fixed that.
 
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I had some issues with SEP in earlier versions but Update 5 is pretty stable and has been working well for me lately!
 
RebateMonger said:
I did a SEPM install about a year ago. The documentation sucked and the program let you install their web sites on the same ports as other existing sites on the server. In my case, it was a Tomcat port, which was undocumented.

That and a couple other things made the install time-consuming. The Symantec technical support stayed with me for the entire rest of the install, though, which was nice. We found that SEPM wasn't able to reliably remove the previous Symantec AV from clients, so I had to manually remove all the client Symantec AV before installing the new one.

The only other issue was that the Symantec software started to crash a Vista client a week later. Installing a newer version of SEPM and updating the client software fixed that.
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Yes I remember that issue very well. Caused a hangup that i could not get out of and had to uninstall both WSUS and SEPM. After MR4 i was able to to choose a different port. I've also come acroos the same AV removal. That was a true PITA as I have 80 clients. All in all, I have no qualms about the porduct, it works well, and recent revisions have made strides as far as affecting client performance (when i first started using SEP, the logon time was horrid even after turning off scanners).
 
Well I was just about to post on this very topic.

Our new server with SBS 2008 came yesterday. It's up and running and we will be migrating over nonessential (ie not used daily) info this week with the major move over the w/e.

Currently not running any A/V software on it right now but would feel better with having something installed so I am looking for ideas myself.

All desktop machines in the building are running an individual install of NOD32.

I was looking at tossing the same thing on to the new server but after a quick googling it doesn't sound like NOD32 and SBS like each other much so I am looking for a nice simply solution for the SBS 2008 machine.

Any suggestions (you guys comments on Symantec and Kaspersky don't give me warm fuzzies either).

Our systems all sit behind Cisco gear and we do use VPN to log in and work from home at several times per week.

TIA

Greg
 
I think that ALL Enterprise AV software sucks. If there aren't installation issues, there are management issues. If there aren't management issues, there are licensing issues. I hate them all equally.
 
RebateMonger said:
I think that ALL Enterprise AV software sucks. If there aren't installation issues, there are management issues. If there aren't management issues, there are licensing issues. I hate them all equally.
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agreed 100% There's going to be issues with the software, it just depends on which issue bothers you the least.
 
SEP now has a small business product that ditches the massive tomcat/php for a simple management system that is far more lightweight.

It's the advanced stuff in SEP that kills you (firewall,application and device protection).

If you use it for core AV it is quite nice and fast.
 
bumping this up for more feedback. Currently moving to our new server right now and would still feel better with some sort of A/V running on it
 
RebateMonger said:
I think that ALL Enterprise AV software sucks. If there aren't installation issues, there are management issues. If there aren't management issues, there are licensing issues. I hate them all equally.
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Agreed, but I liked Sophos myself. Symantec is all right, but so far my favorite has been Panda's Corp edition.
 
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