Anti Virus for one year, Continue with symantec?

mtb211 · 11-03-2009, 04:27 PM

Hi everyone, Our small company's antivirus has expired. We were using norton internet security 2009, and now were looking to buy 2010. It costs 109 dollars for 5 packs. We have 25 computers at our company.

Its required that were able to configure by the end user (advanced users can disable and enable different options)

We do not need global administration.

Does anyone know of an alternative that would be cheaper but just as good?

If it were me id probally go antivir premium but that quickly changed when I realized it would cost 1200 euros which is god knows how many millions of dollars.

Thanks in advance

Slacker7 · 11-03-2009, 04:54 PM

I know Avast has small business solutions and compared to Norton it is not the system resource hog. Plus they have discounts depending on the length of liscense purchased.

By the way, if you do decide not to go with Norton keep in mind their products is notorious for leaving remnants of itself behind. So after you uninstall then go to their website and use their Removal Tool for your version to make sure your system is fully clean.

By the way, GO PHILS!

Aastii · 11-03-2009, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mtb211

Hi everyone, Our small company's antivirus has expired. We were using norton internet security 2009, and now were looking to buy 2010. It costs 109 dollars for 5 packs. We have 25 computers at our company.

Its required that were able to configure by the end user (advanced users can disable and enable different options)

We do not need global administration.

Does anyone know of an alternative that would be cheaper but just as good?

If it were me id probally go antivir premium but that quickly changed when I realized it would cost 1200 euros which is god knows how many millions of dollars.

Thanks in advance

because it is a large business, I can't really help, got no experience there, but i can tell you, your thoughts on the current exchange rate between euro and USD is waaaaay out, at the moment it is:

1 euro=$1.47

therefore

1200euro=$1763.14

not quite as big a dint as you thought

mtb211 · 11-03-2009, 07:19 PM

haha i know man i was just kidding about the euros, i lived in germany for a year, i used to hate converting dollars to euros because everything is more expensive over there, So i will look into avast, lets hope pedro can get us to a game 7!! howard needs to get his bat going

mtb211 · 11-03-2009, 07:50 PM

523 for 25 pcs.... very nice price for avast, is it very customizable? so our programmers can open ports etc

someone told me norton douesnt take up a lot of resources

Slacker7 · 11-04-2009, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mtb211

523 for 25 pcs.... very nice price for avast, is it very customizable? so our programmers can open ports etc

someone told me norton douesnt take up a lot of resources

Avast has very friendly and knowlegeable forums and I am sure their Customer Support will be more than glad to answer your questions.

Norton/Symantec have gotten better with the resource demands but compared to other offerings the "others" are better solutions. Everyone I have ever worked with who have uninstalled Symantec note how less resources are used by another software.

mtb211 · 11-04-2009, 06:39 PM

thx guys

Sean89 · 11-05-2009, 06:06 PM

microsoft security essentials is free...

mtb211 · 11-05-2009, 06:50 PM

Someone in my office says the freeware anti virus actually adds spyware on your pc, is this really true?

Sean89 · 11-05-2009, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mtb211

Someone in my office says the freeware anti virus actually adds spyware on your pc, is this really true?

Not if you install free anti virus, thats trusted. Avg, microsoft security essentials, etc..

11-03-2009, 04:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
mtb211 Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: West Chester, PA Age: 26 Posts: 682	Anti Virus for one year, Continue with symantec? Hi everyone, Our small company's antivirus has expired. We were using norton internet security 2009, and now were looking to buy 2010. It costs 109 dollars for 5 packs. We have 25 computers at our company. Its required that were able to configure by the end user (advanced users can disable and enable different options) We do not need global administration. Does anyone know of an alternative that would be cheaper but just as good? If it were me id probally go antivir premium but that quickly changed when I realized it would cost 1200 euros which is god knows how many millions of dollars. Thanks in advance __________________ CPU-E6600 C2D@2.4ghz Mem-3 GB Corsair@533mhz GPU-Nvidia GTX 260 896 MB MB - Asus p5nSLI PSU- GamexTream SLI Ready 750 W PS3 - conmbo2 Steam-melanieseiler

11-03-2009, 07:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
mtb211 Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: West Chester, PA Age: 26 Posts: 682	haha i know man i was just kidding about the euros, i lived in germany for a year, i used to hate converting dollars to euros because everything is more expensive over there, So i will look into avast, lets hope pedro can get us to a game 7!! howard needs to get his bat going __________________ CPU-E6600 C2D@2.4ghz Mem-3 GB Corsair@533mhz GPU-Nvidia GTX 260 896 MB MB - Asus p5nSLI PSU- GamexTream SLI Ready 750 W PS3 - conmbo2 Steam-melanieseiler

11-03-2009, 07:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
mtb211 Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: West Chester, PA Age: 26 Posts: 682	523 for 25 pcs.... very nice price for avast, is it very customizable? so our programmers can open ports etc someone told me norton douesnt take up a lot of resources __________________ CPU-E6600 C2D@2.4ghz Mem-3 GB Corsair@533mhz GPU-Nvidia GTX 260 896 MB MB - Asus p5nSLI PSU- GamexTream SLI Ready 750 W PS3 - conmbo2 Steam-melanieseiler

11-04-2009, 06:39 PM	#7 (permalink)
mtb211 Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: West Chester, PA Age: 26 Posts: 682	thx guys __________________ CPU-E6600 C2D@2.4ghz Mem-3 GB Corsair@533mhz GPU-Nvidia GTX 260 896 MB MB - Asus p5nSLI PSU- GamexTream SLI Ready 750 W PS3 - conmbo2 Steam-melanieseiler

11-05-2009, 06:50 PM	#9 (permalink)
mtb211 Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: West Chester, PA Age: 26 Posts: 682	Someone in my office says the freeware anti virus actually adds spyware on your pc, is this really true? __________________ CPU-E6600 C2D@2.4ghz Mem-3 GB Corsair@533mhz GPU-Nvidia GTX 260 896 MB MB - Asus p5nSLI PSU- GamexTream SLI Ready 750 W PS3 - conmbo2 Steam-melanieseiler

11-03-2009, 04:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
Slacker7 Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Southern New Jersey Posts: 153	I know Avast has small business solutions and compared to Norton it is not the system resource hog. Plus they have discounts depending on the length of liscense purchased. By the way, if you do decide not to go with Norton keep in mind their products is notorious for leaving remnants of itself behind. So after you uninstall then go to their website and use their Removal Tool for your version to make sure your system is fully clean. By the way, GO PHILS!

11-05-2009, 06:06 PM	#8 (permalink)
Sean89 Silver Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 228	microsoft security essentials is free...

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