[OPLINTECH] Antivirus

[Ed Liddle]

Here is an article about what Chad mentioned
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303417104579542140235850578



-Ed Liddle

Marysville Public Library
http://marysvillelib.org
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From: oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org [oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org] on behalf of Chad Neeper [cneeper at level9networks.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 2:09 PM
To: oplintech
Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Antivirus

I haven't followed up on this lead and don't know if there is any truth to it. Nor do I know any details. Perhaps someone else can fill in the blanks:

I seem to recall reading something a few weeks ago about Symantec Anti Virus software. It was mentioning the changing landscape in virus detection/prevention. I seem to recall the statement that SEP v12.x is probably going to be the last version of anti-virus software as we know it from Symantec. I also seem to recall a comment along the lines of "anti-virus software as we know it is a dead technology". The indication was that there is a new and better strategy for anti-virus/malware software in the works.

Lending some possible credence to this (as opposed to me dreaming it up some night) is the fact that Symantec really hasn't put out any significant version updates that I'm aware of to their software in recent years.

The tie-in is:  Will you be stuck in a three-year contract if my rumor proves true and the current a/v strategy is "dead"...and replaced with a new and popular strategy used by all the big vendors later this year (just picking a random date here)?

Honestly, I'm just curious if I totally dreamed it up or if there really is a kernel of truth there.
Does this ring a bell with anyone?


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Chad Neeper
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On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Kevin Jones <kjones at coshoctonlibrary.org<mailto:kjones at coshoctonlibrary.org>> wrote:
Coshocton Public Library has been using Symantec Endpoint Protection from Techsoup for the past few years along with DeepFreeze on the public computers.

Just this week, my Director forwarded me an email from an AVG sales rep.  AVG is offering an Educational Promotion with the following details:

  *   $1.00 per computer per year for a three year agreement
  *   Buyout promotion where they will buy out your current anti-virus contract regardless of how long or how new your contract is
  *   Also, the tech support is free and US based.

I think the product they are offering is the AVG Internet Security Business Edition.  What is your thoughts?  Should I make the jump from SEP?  Is anyone using this product?

I use SEP as a server installation with managed clients.  I don't know if AVG can be setup this way or not.

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