small office centralized A/V

G

George

I have 11 machines (W2k & Win98) using a server running Netware 5 for
file/print services. Email is pop3 using the ISP's server. There is also a
web server running W2k server. None of the workstations attach to it.

I would like to do centralized antivirus so I can see if the machines are up
to date etc. I looked at Trend Officescan but it doesn't do email on the
clients. I also looked at the network version of AVG which seemed promising
but it doesn't have automatic updates (the database is on a share and you
use a managment console to connect to it, according to their FAQ you have to
manually check for updates and put them on the share).

What other choices are there?

Thanks
 
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&re

George said:
I have 11 machines (W2k & Win98) using a server running Netware 5 for
file/print services. Email is pop3 using the ISP's server. There is also a
web server running W2k server. None of the workstations attach to it.

I would like to do centralized antivirus so I can see if the machines are up
to date etc. I looked at Trend Officescan but it doesn't do email on the
clients. I also looked at the network version of AVG which seemed promising
but it doesn't have automatic updates (the database is on a share and you
use a managment console to connect to it, according to their FAQ you have to
manually check for updates and put them on the share).

What other choices are there?

Thanks
Karspersky, Sophos and TrenMicro(Serverprotect) all have Netware Server
anti-virus soft.
I remember using InocuLAN under Netware 4.11

&re
http://users.pandora.be/AVS/
 
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&re

George said:
I have 11 machines (W2k & Win98) using a server running Netware 5 for
file/print services. Email is pop3 using the ISP's server. There is also a
web server running W2k server. None of the workstations attach to it.

I would like to do centralized antivirus so I can see if the machines are up
to date etc. I looked at Trend Officescan but it doesn't do email on the
clients. I also looked at the network version of AVG which seemed promising
but it doesn't have automatic updates (the database is on a share and you
use a managment console to connect to it, according to their FAQ you have to
manually check for updates and put them on the share).

What other choices are there?
Inoculan?

&re
http://users.pandora.be/AVS/


Thanks
 
J

Jeffrey A. Setaro

I have 11 machines (W2k & Win98) using a server running Netware 5 for
file/print services. Email is pop3 using the ISP's server. There is also a
web server running W2k server. None of the workstations attach to it.

I would like to do centralized antivirus so I can see if the machines are up
to date etc. I looked at Trend Officescan but it doesn't do email on the
clients. I also looked at the network version of AVG which seemed promising
but it doesn't have automatic updates (the database is on a share and you
use a managment console to connect to it, according to their FAQ you have to
manually check for updates and put them on the share).

What other choices are there?

Take a look at:
Norman Virus Control said:

Your welcome. HTH.

--
Cheers-

Jeff Setaro
(e-mail address removed)
http://people.mags.net/jasetaro/
PGP Key IDs DH/DSS: 0x5D41429D RSA: 0x599D2A99 New RSA: 0xA19EBD34
 
J

Jibefan

Use Sophos. You won't regret it. E-mail me if you have questions or would
like a quote.
 
A

Alastair

George said:
I have 11 machines (W2k & Win98) using a server running Netware 5 for
file/print services. Email is pop3 using the ISP's server. There is also a
web server running W2k server. None of the workstations attach to it.

I would like to do centralized antivirus so I can see if the machines are up
to date etc. I looked at Trend Officescan but it doesn't do email on the
clients. I also looked at the network version of AVG which seemed promising
but it doesn't have automatic updates (the database is on a share and you
use a managment console to connect to it, according to their FAQ you have to
manually check for updates and put them on the share).

The networked version of AVG does do automatic updates. It works fine.
 
G

George

Jibefan said:
Use Sophos. You won't regret it. E-mail me if you have questions or would
like a quote.

Having never used the product I am trying to understand how it works. From
their docs you install it on one machine. Then you can push it out to any
"NT" OS and you install an agent on Win9X clients. The original machine is
used for management and it can automatically download updates and distribute
them. Have I missed anything? Also all clients have a TCP/IP installed but
no machines have Microsoft sharing turned on. Is it necessary to do that for
Sophos to work?
 
G

George

Alastair said:
are have

The networked version of AVG does do automatic updates. It works fine.
Thanks for your reply. I did some more reading and an additional doc I found
says automatic updates are available. The original doc I found said manual
intervention was required.

Are you happy with the product. Are pattern updates done more frequently
with the purchased versions than the free versions?

Thanks
 
D

Duane Arnold

I have 11 machines (W2k & Win98) using a server running Netware 5 for
file/print services. Email is pop3 using the ISP's server. There is
also a web server running W2k server. None of the workstations attach
to it.

I would like to do centralized antivirus so I can see if the machines
are up to date etc. I looked at Trend Officescan but it doesn't do
email on the clients. I also looked at the network version of AVG
which seemed promising but it doesn't have automatic updates (the
database is on a share and you use a managment console to connect to
it, according to their FAQ you have to manually check for updates and
put them on the share).

What other choices are there?

Thanks

NOD32

http://www.nod32.com/home/home.htm

Duane :)
 
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Alastair

George said:
also
Thanks for your reply. I did some more reading and an additional doc I found
says automatic updates are available. The original doc I found said manual
intervention was required.

Are you happy with the product. Are pattern updates done more frequently
with the purchased versions than the free versions?

We have the full AVG suite (server + Exchange Server + workstations) in
place in around 30 sites. Yes we are happy with it. Updates are the same
rate as with the free version - that rate seems sufficient as the protected
networks remain virus free. The only problem we ever encountered was
one client that didn't want the central email scanner on the Exchange
Server and decided to rely on the workstation AV alone. One user
disabled their AV for whatever reason and managed to get infected.
Other than that no problems at all.
 

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