AVComparatives has posted a review of corporate products at http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparativesreviews/corporate-reviews. This test includes AVIRA, ESET, GDATA, Kaspersky, Sophos, Symantec and Trustport. No mention of McAfee or Trend Micro who I believe would both be in the top three deployed corporate endpoint protection solutions.
The report includes a detailed table comparing the available features of the products. It does not focus on detection rates for the most part. It does report on SPAM detection rates. Personally I think SPAM filtering belongs at the enterprise gateway not at the desktop.
As a Symantec Endpoint Protection admin, I loved one of the conclusions of the report, “The Symantec suite is, by far, the most mature and professional product tested by us.”
Archive for May 2009
AVComparatives Corporate Review
Adobe Acrobat 7 Updater
I’m having trouble with the Adobe Acrobat 7 updater. When you open Adobe Acrobat 7 and select Help then Check for Updates, it is only offering the 7.1.0 update. That update is already applied so I should be getting offered the 7.1.1 and 7.1.2 updates. I am able to apply those updates manually. I’m not sure why the Adobe Updater isn’t working. It sure would be easier for the users if it worked.
His Name is Johnny, He Hacks Stuff
Alex over at the Sunbelt Blog shared a cool link to a video of Johnny Long.
Johnny is famous for Google Hacking, using Google to discover insecure servers or unsecured information. This video is an hour long presentation on his past, how he got into security and what led him to start Hackers for Charity.
The Long family is trying to raise support for a one year move to Africa. Check out the Hackers for Charity website as well.
Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 MR4 MP2
Symantec has released SEP 11 MR4 MP2.
Release notes here.
Instructions on migrating are here.
The incremental update files to update clients aren’t posted to the downloads section of the support KB as of this posting. However, I did find them over on the ftp site.. I didn’t see an update file to get from MR2 MP1 to MP4 MP2, so I had to update to MR4 then update again.
There is a fix in this version for a case I’ve had open for over five months. SMC.exe CPU utilization when no one is logged in, particularly on virtual servers.
Wireless AutoSwitch XPV
Sase Sham has released a new version of Wireless AutoSwitch to support the upcoming Windows 7 release. It also supports Windows XP and Vista.
Wireless Autoswitch disables the wireless card when a wired connection is detected. Having multiple network connections is a security concern and it can also cause connectivity problems.
I evaled this product a while back, and it was kind of like the Holy Grail for me. I’d been searching for a solution like this for a long time. Ultimately, Symantec Endpoint Protection was released and I was able to approximate this solution and didn’t purchase this.
If you dont already have a software solution to disable wireless cards when wired connections are made, I’d suggest checking out Wireless AutoSwitch XPV.
Steve Riley Out at Microsoft
Steve Riley posted in his latest blog entry that he was a victim of layoffs at Microsoft.
Steve’s new blog is over at MSInfluentials (also the home of Jesper Johansson’s occasional blogging.
Steve and Jesper wrote Protect your Windows Network.
Best wishes on the job hunt
