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McAfee Sucks!!!!

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  • J J Liss

    Yeah it took me about the same to figure out the spoolxx problem myself. Even after calling McAfee's tech(dumb) support. (you would think that they would have known about the issue, but they didn't) X| I think that was one of the reasons it ate my Exchange server. (BTW I think I still have DS entries for the McAfee box, I couldn't ever get rid of them, raw mode doesn't show them, but when you do a DS consistancy check, it pops up. Weird.) Anyways.. It will work in a workgroup. You will just have to manually touch each client to install it. (Rather than put the 'auto check to see if it is installed checker' in a login script) It uses a IIS server to relay updates etc and it uses a relatively small memory foot print. The only sucky thing about it is pricing. You have to purchase separate licenses for Server vs Workstation vs Exchange. All AV softwares are like that though. But you get past that, and it just works. We have seen absolutely no nimda on our net since we installed it. It just cleans it as it happens. (and barks a ton) You can put it on a shared server, but it is best to have it on it's own. (for outbreaks and massive updates) A neat feature I like is it has outbreak function, so if a nasty hits your site, you can force scans on all computers that have it installed on it. This goes for Servers, Workstations, Exchange etc... Rocken kewl av.

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    DatDamnZotz wrote: It just cleans it as it happens. That sounds niiicccee:-D I'm jealous. I am tired of getting calls: I have a virus what do I do? Delete the damn thing you moron!! It's always the same users too:mad: Later,
    JoeSox
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      Yeah it took me about the same to figure out the spoolxx problem myself. Even after calling McAfee's tech(dumb) support. (you would think that they would have known about the issue, but they didn't) X| I think that was one of the reasons it ate my Exchange server. (BTW I think I still have DS entries for the McAfee box, I couldn't ever get rid of them, raw mode doesn't show them, but when you do a DS consistancy check, it pops up. Weird.) Anyways.. It will work in a workgroup. You will just have to manually touch each client to install it. (Rather than put the 'auto check to see if it is installed checker' in a login script) It uses a IIS server to relay updates etc and it uses a relatively small memory foot print. The only sucky thing about it is pricing. You have to purchase separate licenses for Server vs Workstation vs Exchange. All AV softwares are like that though. But you get past that, and it just works. We have seen absolutely no nimda on our net since we installed it. It just cleans it as it happens. (and barks a ton) You can put it on a shared server, but it is best to have it on it's own. (for outbreaks and massive updates) A neat feature I like is it has outbreak function, so if a nasty hits your site, you can force scans on all computers that have it installed on it. This goes for Servers, Workstations, Exchange etc... Rocken kewl av.

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      Sean Cundiff
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      Saying McAfee tech support sucks is an understatement. Even though we've not had any major problems with the product, the support is enough for us to reconsider using them again, especially since our contract is up with them in June. Thanks for the tip on Trend, I'll check into them. -Sean ---- Shag a Lizard

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      • S Sean Cundiff

        4.x is the corporate version. I've not had a problem with it and it's been very reliable for us. -Sean ---- Shag a Lizard

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        How many users? and what are the OS's? Later,
        JoeSox
        www.joeswammi.com

        Load my Sig here.....

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          4.x is the corporate version. I've not had a problem with it and it's been very reliable for us. -Sean ---- Shag a Lizard

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          J Liss
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          We had problems with the 4.x corp addition with Exchange. It would miss large volumns coming in... (nimda at the time, course that was a while ago, mabye they fixed it up)

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            How many users? and what are the OS's? Later,
            JoeSox
            www.joeswammi.com

            Load my Sig here.....

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            Sean Cundiff
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            approx. 5000 users. Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP Mac OS 9/10 -Sean ---- Shag a Lizard

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            • J J Liss

              We had problems with the 4.x corp addition with Exchange. It would miss large volumns coming in... (nimda at the time, course that was a while ago, mabye they fixed it up)

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              We don't use Exchange so I wouldn't know about that. I do know that McAfee integrates with outlook and has caught everything thrown my way so far. -Sean ---- Shag a Lizard

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              • J JoeSox

                why my company(not joeswammi.com but my real job) uses this unstable resource hog I will never know. We are stuck with it for two more years two!!!!:mad::mad::mad: we are licenced for 4.x and nothing higher(I think I better check on that come to think of it) It might catch a virus but it can't delete it, clean it or anything, this W32/Opaserv.worm[^] has been the latest to piss me off. Good thing I can take my frustration out on my users:laugh: Later,
                JoeSox
                www.joeswammi.com

                Load my Sig here.....

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                Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                I ditched it after version 5 and Windows 2000 stopped getting along, so you have my sympathy. :rose: Norton isn't much better though..after installing Norton Pro 2002 on my new laptop (it was bundled with it) the laptop wouldn't boot half the time. System Restore (WinXP :-D) saved me a reformat. These days I use AVG anti-virus...it's simple, fast and stable. Plus free for personal users. :) Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk

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                • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

                  I ditched it after version 5 and Windows 2000 stopped getting along, so you have my sympathy. :rose: Norton isn't much better though..after installing Norton Pro 2002 on my new laptop (it was bundled with it) the laptop wouldn't boot half the time. System Restore (WinXP :-D) saved me a reformat. These days I use AVG anti-virus...it's simple, fast and stable. Plus free for personal users. :) Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk

                  "Be yourself - not what others think you should be"
                  - Marcia Graesch

                  Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++

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                  Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: I use AVG anti-virus Sounds cool, I'll check that out too.:-D Later,
                  JoeSox
                  www.joeswammi.com

                  Load my Sig here.....

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                    approx. 5000 users. Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP Mac OS 9/10 -Sean ---- Shag a Lizard

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                    You probably have more control over your users than I. I don't have a local server and am working in the Electrical Wholesale industry and this company should rethink it's priority on it's IT side. Getting the funding for new workstations is not a priority, which sucks for me. Later,
                    JoeSox
                    www.joeswammi.com

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                    • S Sean Cundiff

                      4.x is the corporate version. I've not had a problem with it and it's been very reliable for us. -Sean ---- Shag a Lizard

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                      Joe Woodbury
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                      At my last company we used McAfee 4.5 and it was very reliable, when IS actually bothered to update the signature files. It was probably running on a hundred NT4 and W2K systems. I'm now using McAfee 7.0 on XP and it's been excellent. (Norton hosed both my and my father's XP systems. He now uses eTrust which is perfect for him but I needed something with a little more control like shutting off scanning of my build directories).

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