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["Mierzwa, Stan" <smierzwa AT popcouncil.org>]

Hi Jim,

 

Hope this e-mail finds you doing well!

 

Because of the issue of the international flavored viruses, we too have begun implementing dual virus protection.  The products we have selected are provided by  McAfee and Kaspersky.  We have found the combination to work well so far.  We decided to stay away from Symantec several years ago as our testing showed it really slowed things done on a desktop.  That may have changed recently.

 

Take care.

Stan

 

 

From: grhits-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:grhits-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jim Fennessey
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 8:31 AM
To: grhits AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [grhits] seeking recommendations re Anti-Virus and EndPointProtection

 

Hello all ...

 

Recently, several of our country offices have reported that Symantec anti-virus has failed to detect viruses, and they've tried others that worked betterm including F-Secure and Kaspersky.  We're noew deploying some of those products on a case-by-case basis 

 

In this general area, we've also receioved recommendations for GFI EndPoint Protection, and for an appliance product called Cyberoam.  

 

We'd appreciate any comments or suggestions about good or bad experiences with these or other anti-malware solutions for country office settings.

 

Thanks!

 

JIm

 

Jhpiego—Innovating to Save Lives

Jim Fennessey

Director, Management Information Systems Office

Jhpiego—an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University

1615 Thames Street, Suite 301

Baltimore, Maryland 21231

Phone: 410.537.1836

Cell: 410.262.1634

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