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I would second Laurence's assessment. We too use a combination of NOD32, Defender, Spybot S&D, and Spyware Blaster. John Johnston Laurence Bates wrote: > > I wish that there were a simple solution to this problem but my sense > is that none of the current products do a good enough job on their > own. We always run NOD32 (for its simplicity) and Windows Defender for > its notification of new events like pending registry changes. On some > machines we also run the free versions of Spybot Search and Destroy > (for its adware detection) and PrevX for its detection of rootkits. > > Laurence Bates > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > *On Behalf Of *Hoort, Brian > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 09, 2009 4:00 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* [MSUNAG] Enterprise antivirus / anti-malware > > Greetings: > > We’re considering switching centrally managed anti-virus, again. For > years we used Symantec/Norton Corporate Edition. Our complaints with > it in the past were that it was bloated, and it was becoming less > effective at detecting modern threats. (I suspect this is still true > to some degree). Worst of all it would get hung up on updates and stop > getting definitions, requiring manual intervention by a technician. > Currently we’re using NOD32. While it’s client is slim and trim, > detection of recent threats has also been lacking, and the > documentation is poor, seemingly a translation from another language. > I’ve read that Norton was rewritten for the current version and that > it has been reviewed rather highly. Of course these reviews are > focused on the consumer product. > > Question 1: For those of you currently using Symantec Norton Corporate > Edition, would you recommend the new version? Is it still getting > hung-up on definitions updates? > > Similarly, I’m wondering what you folks think of all-in-one products > vs. a mixture. The products which I’ve used in the past that > originated as anti-virus, signature-based products have done poorly > with new threats (AntiVirus 2009 scareware, etc.). One thought I’ve > tossed around is running an anti-virus and a dedicated anti-mal-ware > (e.g. PrevX, MalWareBytes etc.). > > Question 2: Are any of you running multiple products for anti-virus > and anti-malware? Which ones? How’s that working for you? > > Thanks for your time. > > Brian Hoort > > Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics’ Computer Service > > Michigan State University > > (517) 355-4701 > > [log in to unmask] > > Skype: brian_hoort >