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Elite Baiter Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1702

Kaspersky want 420 GBP for my windows server 2003 renewal, which covers 10 workstations, fileservers, and 15 email addresses, however 420 is ridiculous for a single server, so im wondering if anyone else is interested in buying in a group from kaspersky it covers 10 servers.

I DO NOT WANT people to send me the money - I just first need to work out if we have 10 that would want the system, it only works for windows 2003 server and costs �420 per annum normally for 10, but with 9 others then it would be 42 quid - its legal its a 10 user licence and were only going to be 10 users !

If 10 peeps do agree then hopefully i can convince shiver or one of the mods with a little donation of �5 each for doing it to buy it and give the 10 the key. ( the total each of us would pay is �47 )
That way we dont end up doing private trade on eater, and eater benefits.

I only ask because 420 is too much to protect a single server.

http://www.kaspersky.co.uk/uk/business_store

Kaspersky Enterprise Space Security <<< top of the range Smile

Baiting Guru Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 3193

Check the T&C. I imagine that the ten workstations have to be in one location or at least one company.

Kaspersky isn't my favorite AV, although anyone that runs WS2003 should know enough to configure it correctly. It ran like a pig when we first installed it.

For a cheaper solution, ditch W2003 and load Linux and clamAV for free Wink

419Eater Admin Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Posts: 7469

Nod32 is a much better product IMHO, and also if you want to pay for a server license it is �300 cheaper for the same number of workstations.

www.nod32.com

Elite Baiter Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1702

@thud, I did speak to Claire Rule at kaspersky, she said that yep i could share the licence upto the amount licenced, but shivers found a better product.

Thanks shiver, ill give nod32 a try Smile

@thud also yup i can configure windows 2003 to be difficult to attack, but the issue is its windows, some viruses can get past its own defences so i need a second set of security to catch that. when sasser came out, kaspersky identified that without knowing it was sasser, it just said "possible worm detected" it also got msblast, i think back then i was using aol, and as soon as i would connect i got infected hence i looked up the charts for the time and it showed kaspersky as top, been with them ever since, ive had the server a few years, its taken its fair share of knocks but nothing got past kaspersky thankfully hence thats where i went to renew but if nods cheaper and better ill give that its fair chance Smile

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:01 pm

thud419 wrote:

For a cheaper solution, ditch W2003 and load Linux and clamAV for free Wink

You can also get a Windows port by the name of "ClamWin". Unfortunately, the Windows version doesn't seem to have any sort of automatic "resident shield" as most do.

Elite Baiter Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1702

Yea ive got it sorted now, im giving nod32 a try from nov 26th when version 3.0 comes out.

Linux is great for a lot of stuff, but the main use of the w2003 is media streaming, and quite a few asp pages for my own websites chat functionality.

All of which i can do on linux, but the servers running 2003, and the amount of hoops i had to jump through with microsoft to get that 2003 i aint changing it as it works very nicely.

I am a cheeky sod, ive found if software is for multiusers, as long as you call the company tell them there too expensive most will help.

Microsoft try to blow your brain with terms and stuff but the call usually goes "ok so you need to buy"

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 1:03 am

I'd have been hoping that the bods at Nod had better maths skills.

Quote:

Lightweight: Uses less resources (up to 1200% less).

Elite Baiter Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1702

Umm with percentages they have a strange ability, see if one program really does use 1200% more than another that is 12x the resources Wink

but it could easily be a typo, ive found some big sites with issues recently its black friday lol, someone posted about it and i said it was crap - well now im hiding under my duvet, it all went wrong for me on black friday.

But seriously percentages can work strangely, there maths teachers will be fighting off the worms and turning in there graves with the abuse of percentages lol.