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Virus Prevention in the Small/Medium Business?

Posted by Cliff on from the keeping-out-the-nasties dept.

Morti asks: "I've been asked to select a virus scanner to be installed on the network at work. It's only a small office with six Windows XP PCs, two Linux servers and any number of Windows XP laptops that random people bring in. And I'm wondering, not just in this case but generally, what is the virus scanning / Internet security solution of choice for the small business these days? Costs need to be kept at a minimum, particularly because this business is a registered charity (a church, no less). We used to have Norton Internet Security but I'm not really keen to keep it. Besides Linux (which I've been pushing but nobody's interested), what is the most cost-effective and generally 'best' virus prevention and Internet security solution for the small/medium business?"

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  1. pray by beowulfy · · Score: 0, Troll

    I tend to pray each night before I go to bed, and at the windows login screen that my network will stay secure. So far no problems!

    --
    "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" -Hunter S. Thompson
  2. It's for a church? by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's for a church? Well, in that case, why don't you let God protect you? I mean, only the Creator himself can provide you with absolute, total protection, no?

  3. Of course... by benjamindees · · Score: -1, Troll

    Linux. Don't give them a choice.

    Small businesses are run by dipshits who think they know what they're doing and like to question and micromanage every little thing.

    You're the expert.

    --
    "I assumed blithely that there were no elves out there in the darkness"
  4. Religion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Religion is the biggest virus of them all.