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Small Business Anti-Virus Help!
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Whats the best way to set up antivirus protection to 5 computers on a shared server?
ASKED: Aug 29 2008  10:13 PM GMT
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The ideal solution would be centralized which would allow you to remotely deploy and manage the A/V client on workstations and servers from an admin console -- typically installed on a server. This removes the burden and uncertainty of users having to maintain A/V programs locally, or an administrator having to touch each and every workstation to ensure that it is configured and updating properly.

There are a number of vendors that offer this type of solution, such as Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro, only to name a few.
Last Answered: Sep 1 2008  1:08 PM GMT by Wrobinson   5610 pts.
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Schmidtw   10590 pts.  |   Sep 2 2008  2:17PM GMT

Having a firewall is important too. This can reduce the amount of threats coming into your internal network.

Keep in mind, many companies offer volume liscensing, and at a discounted rate, too.

Microsoft Forefront is another Wrobinson didn’t include:

Microsoft Forefront

Hope this helps!

-Schmidtw

 

KevinBeaver   7385 pts.  |   Sep 3 2008  6:07PM GMT

Be sure to try before you buy if at all possible! Some of these centrally-managed solutions are VERY unintuitive and difficult to manage, especially for small-business owners who don’t have the time or gumption to constantly fool around with them. In fact I was using one of these centralized solutions for 3+ years for my own small network and the latest version became next to impossible to manage. I now use standalone AV on every system that automatically updates and scans and it’s much simpler.

 

Labnuke99   26360 pts.  |   Sep 3 2008  7:08PM GMT

I agree with Kevin. Some of these centralized solutions are much too big (read that as costly, complex, etc.) for a small business with only 5 computers.

 
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