[Mimedefang] for mcafee lovers

[Kevin A. McGrail]

To clarify, I am not recommending a go with the flow attitude.  I am 
recommending a multi-tiered approach including something 
customers/bosses/colleagues/whatever recognize so you don't have to list to 
them when a virus does get through.  I highly recommend using bad extensions 
and zip checking as the first tier; ClamAV as the second tier because it's 
daemonized approach, a/v trackrecord and anti-phishing components have been 
stellar; and McAfee as the third tier solely because of it's status and 
price.

I'm not arguing F-Prot isn't technically better than McAfee.  It might be. 
We think ClamAV is better or as good as both and we just have the commercial 
license as a safety net. So our main argument would be price and status.

As a comparison, F-Prot is $300 a year for a Corporate Server License and 
McAfee Command Line is like $75 for 5 user licenses for 2 years (based on my 
last quite from 1/31/05 from CDW).  Since defang is a single user, you just 
need 1 license but 5 is the minimum to purchase.

Worldwide or US aside, I would argue that McAfee has a very good brand 
recognition at the corporate & general user levels.

Finally, while I appreciate the security notice, I think we can all agree 
that virus scanning is only useful if you are running the latest engine and 
signatures regardless of the software used.  So for the benefit of others 
using McAfee, the McAfee 4440 engine patched the LHA exploit Secunia found 
like Oct/Nov of last year.

Regards,
KAM

> http://secunia.com/advisories/14628/
>
> Also, refering to previous av posts, I don't use a product because it is
> "popular," I might use it because of its reputation in the field. Mostly, 
> I
> use products that work... my customers care not if I use McAfee, Norton, 
> etc..
> they care that they are protected... and I have found F-Prot to be a heck 
> of
> alot less quirky than McAfee and their response to alerts a bit quicker. 
> These
> are my findings.. maybe yours varied... just the "go with the flow" 
> mentality
> some have kinda rubs me the wrong way.. luckily.. my company does not have 
> any
> pointy haired management types to worry about!
>
> If we all used "popular" products then we all have windows servers........ 
> hehe
>
> Also, F-Prot is very big overseas and very big in the enterprise market...
> unlike McAfee. Regardless of what you choose.. most products are similar, 
> it
> is more important that you keep it up to date IMHO.
>
> Jim