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Hello Everyone!

I have a question that I think this group will be best suited to answer. I manage a few small office networks, most of which already have Anti-Virus or Internet Security subscriptions through Norton or McAfee. I am looking to renew / update some of these locations and would like some opinions of managed AV software. I have heard good things about OfficeScan by TrendMicro, but have never used it in a production environment so I am a little hesitant. What is the best solution out on the market that will produce the least impact on the system performance, and what is easy to mange?

Norton? Pros / Cons
McAfee? Pros / Cons
Trend Micro Office Scan? Pros / Cons
Other recommendations?

Thanks so much!!


Marc Vasquez

[stephencc]

Norton and McAfee are memory hogs, I've never liked them since the time I tried them out a year ago. I am a guy who goes through many anti-malware programs all the time and tries to stay up to date with whats staying on the top. Are you wanting a AV program that costs money or a free program? Free I would recommend Avast. If you are going to pay for one I'd go with Zonealarm security suite. I have been using Zonealarm for quite a while now, it has anti-virus, anti-spyware and everything built in as well as a firewall. My computer hasn't had any nasty infections in a year or so. I personally think Zonealarm is easy to setup to update and get everything going smooth, it doesn't bog my computer down much at all.