Bert said:
I suspect that would be the corporate version, which I understand is
better than the Personal version.
We have the corporate version at work and still get viruses that slip
through. Either way I am not impressed.
Why suspect? I said "Symantec" and you said "college" - any college that
buys individual licenses for somethig like antivirus is just throwing money
away.. I know of many individual departments that do this in various
colleges - until you knock the admins in the head wiith a clue-stick and
they realize what they are missing from larger numbered licenses and
educational pricing.
If I said "Norton", then you would have to assume a home product. Most
"corporate level" products from Symantec go by the "Symantec" label. Most
home products go by "Norton".
If something has slipped by - (only once in the past 6 years of use in my
experience - thousands of PCs managed by a central server in some
locations - have I had anything "slip by" Symantec AV) - it may be due to
lack of proper setup, infrequent (weekly instead of daily or more often)
updates - i.e. - poor management of the resources given. The server checks
for and can push updates quite often - and a diligent admin watches for
trends - preventing problems before they happen.
I don't deny that for the home user - I would recommend most other
products - heck - I even recommend other products for business depending on
need and function served.. but - Symantec AV has served me well. McAfee - I
cannot say the same for. I still have a bad taste since I watched it let an
infection in and that infection was cleaned the same day by Symantec AV.
Is Symantec AV perfect - no, but its server management (console) for
distributing the software and maintaining it is very well done and its
logging keeps me notified of possible problems on thousands of PCs at once -
not to mention that it, in combination with every other security measure a
competent admin would likely make - has kept me out of hot water many times.
Their ability to do anything with spyware is horrible - admittedly - but I
never expected it to protect against that and I wonder if they might be
venturing into territory best left to others... I use several different AVs
dependent on where I am/etc - very few can I say I actually would not
recommend to some level or for some particular application..
So, while you have every right to have your opinion - so do others.
Opinions can be wrong, yes - but not when those opinions are stating
preference - as you are allowed to have your preferences as am I - and
neither has to agree the other is correct in their preference. You stated
that "I dont know of one college that would recommend a Norton product,
except for maybe Ghost and PCAnywhere." and I stated that I knew of
Universities that would recommend Symantec products. I chose my wording
carefully. Any university using Norton Ghost (Home product) must be ..
well - lacking. heh And PCAnywhere? I truly do not see what it gives me
beyond UltraVNC with properly configured plugins (or just using VPN and
Remote Desktop.)
So, I remain impressed with Symantec (as well as others) and know that no
AntiVirus software out there was meant to stand alone (for prevention of
trojans, worms, viruses) or work if not properly configured and maintained.
