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| Thread ID: 45579 | 2004-05-26 10:33:00 | Best free AV for a large network? | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
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| 239553 | 2004-05-26 10:33:00 | Hi Team Are there any restrictions on network use for free AV programs (such as AVG), or any technical limitations to their use. I ask the question on behalf of a school that is finding NAV costs crippling and would like to try something cheaper or free. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 239554 | 2004-05-26 10:42:00 | This from Avg License agreement Important notices AVG Free Edition is available in English language only. AVG Free Edition offer is valid for all SINGLE HOME users only. AVG Free Edition CAN NOT BE INSTALLED ON SERVERS FOR ANY REASON. IT CAN NOT BE INSTALLED IN ANY NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT! NO TECHNICAL SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE WITH AVG Free Edition. Further, we offer a free download of a trial versions of AVG Anti-Virus 7.0 for evaluation purposes WITH technical support. |
johnboy (217) | ||
| 239555 | 2004-05-26 10:43:00 | AVG has a limitation on it which (I suspect) will be similar for most free AV programs - free for personal use, one copy only and not to be used on LANs. In my experience, this license requirement seems to be abused quite often. | JohnD (509) | ||
| 239556 | 2004-05-26 10:59:00 | i will be a barstard and say that they should either get used to the cost or mayby change to a cheaper AV program. sorry i have no idea about sever setups tho i would imagen that the server would download the updates and all the pc's would update of it. trying to do that with AVG free would be a pain. you would have to update each pc manually or make some kind of script to make AVG update off the server. with a small network (eg home or a few classrooms) then manually updateing it would be ok, but a big network is just begging for problems. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 239557 | 2004-05-26 11:02:00 | Ah well, I guessed as much, but it was worth the ask. I suppose it could still be used for staff laptops when off-line (at home), and rely on the Network AV when on line, though how you could stop AVG (for example) scanning the files transferred from the server when on line I'm not quite sure. They would want to be operating legally. Sounds like the concept is getting complicated. :( Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 239558 | 2004-05-26 11:35:00 | Try NOD that is cheaper & better than NAV and they do charity and educational pricig that is about 40% of comercial for a list of resellers in your area contact geoff at chillisoft we are a reseller but as part of the forum I wont say where I work unless asked by poster for more info. |
Wayne H (1736) | ||
| 239559 | 2004-05-26 11:40:00 | billy email me beama_1 at hotmail.com | beama (111) | ||
| 239560 | 2004-05-26 11:46:00 | I haven't tried it but Bitdefender might have an economic solution for education www.bitdefender.com --- BUT hasn't the MofEd released a AV for schools at no cost to schools? See: www.tki.org.nz |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 239561 | 2004-05-26 11:53:00 | dont worry about the email heres a link to MOE site virus software for schools (www.minedu.govt.nz) | beama (111) | ||
| 239562 | 2004-05-26 12:08:00 | And just in case the school is the Independent type FAQ # 9 from the MOE: What about Independent schools? Independent schools are able to purchase the software at the same price the Ministry of Education has negotiated with IBM. This is similar to the provisions in the current Microsoft agreement. Independent schools should visit www.independent.school.nz and ask how to register for the eTrust Antivirus software through the Ministry of Education's deal with IBM. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
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