[OPLINTECH] Avast Free for Education

[Ken Butler]

I am in the exact same spot as you Kevin. We have been using SEP, also
bought from Techsoup, but it got to the point where a computer would be so
incredibly slow that it was unusable, completely due to the SEP software.

I looked into Avast's free program for schools and libraries and
immediately applied, as I use Avast for my home computers and love it. So
far I haven't received a reply, and it's been at least 2 months. At this
point I am getting kind of antsy and really want to get a new AV solution
in place, but if I pay for SEP again and Techsoup, we will be stuck with
that.

If you can get Avast to give you a response and get that set up, I would
say go for it. I would already have switched if I could get them to
actually respond.

Out of curiosity, are you unable to get SEP renewed through Techsoup? I may
have to just go with it at this point, and when I checked it was only a $2
admin fee per user license.

On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Kevin Jones
<kjones at coshoctonlibrary.org>wrote:

> Is anyone using the Avast Free for Education program?  Public libraries
> qualify for their business class Endpoint Security Suite for free.  I have
> been using Symantic Endpoint Protection in managed mode which I bought from
> Techsoup, but it needs renewed.  Symantec won't stop calling to let me know
> it needs renewed.  Their quote was $1800 for 1 year and $4300 for 3 years
> for 75 clients.  I know it is a necessary evil but I hate paying that kind
> of money for something that just slows down your computer.
>
> The only problem with the Avast Free for Education program is that while
> you get the software for free you have to pay for support.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
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Ken Butler
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Holmes County District Public Library
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