[sdw2003] Managed Anti Virus?

[Josh Tays]

Joe,

I am a big proponent of patching machines but unfortunately the company I
consult with right now has been pretty bad on pushing updates with our
clients in the past so the majority of our clients are a hard push on
getting them to sign off on spending any money on making sure their machines
are properly patched.  There are also some that have never wanted to spend
any money on that from the get go.  No matter what I say to most of them
they usually aren't interested in doing any workstation maintenance more
than once a year, if that.  It's usually break/fix but the thing that most
of them ask when they get a new computer is "did you put anti virus on it?"
They are programmed to want and need anti virus.  If this was my network to
do with what I please machines would be patched often.  It's a hard line to
ride when it's not my money and everything has to be sold.

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Joe Lagreca <joe at bignetonline.com> wrote:

> Josh,
>
> Anti Virus is only part of the equation.  The other part is keeping
> software patched and up to date.  You may want to look into:
> http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/
>
> or some other patch management software.
>
> Joe LaGreca
> Founder & Owner, BIG Net Online
> 619-393-1733 x200 Office
> 619-318-3246 Cell
> www.BIGnetOnline.com
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Josh Tays <josh.tays at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Unfortunately I can't tell my clients to not run Anti Virus.
> >
> > The biggest problem is Windows XP machines with malware and rootkit
> > infections.  It brings me income, but I am getting tired of cleaning the
> > same crap off of workstations day in and day out lately. When I say anti
> > virus I believe that it should encompass traditional virus protection
> with
> > malware, etc... but with the least resource impact possible.  I
> understand
> > that no single product will have 100% detection but something out there
> has
> > to be better than SAV with XP machines.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Tracy Reed <treed at ultraviolet.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 01:44:02PM -0800, Josh Tays spake thusly:
> >> > Any recommendations for a good centralized anti virus product with a
> >> > good detection rate and small footprint?
> >>
> >> Is Windows based antivirus really worthwhile anymore? I don't have a
> >> firm opinion one way or another but a lot of folks do:
> >>
> >> http://www.google.com/search?q=antivirus+is+dead
> >>
> >> Especially in light of Google's incident this past week it seems
> >> antivirus is useless against spearphishing so all we can do in that
> >> case is hope nobody takes an interest in us. And so many viruses and
> >> variants are coming out that they are nowhere near keeping up with the
> >> latest.
> >>
> >> The question is not what is your antivirus catching but what is it NOT
> >> catching and is that acceptable?
> >>
> >>
> >>
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Josh