Warning all Sophos Users

[mrtechsystems]

http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/3287.html

 

I got this problem been working on it last 2 days

 

Just thought I would warn you all

 

 

Lee

[ChrisH]

Thanks for that. That would have tripped me up as well soon .

[Dos_Box]

Pfffff! Windows 2k is soooo dead now. Get with the times (snigger).

[ChrisH]

Soz moneybags

[Geoff]

We're not running Sophos v5 either anyway.

[mrtechsystems]

Well I wish I was running Windows 2003 Server but a little busy at the moment with Windows 2000 Server + Clients and also that thing call a Budget lol

 

P.S Thanks for stickin up for me Chris much app 8)

 

 

Lee

[MkII]

Thanks for the heads up! The related/linked article on slow logons looks like it may be a problem i'm experiencing here.

[mrtechsystems]

Glad to be of help

 

Yeah Mark I was stuck for 2 days good job i only deployed it in one computer room 8)

 

Lee

[tosca925]

Just upgraded our only server 2000 to server 2003. Left it this long because it is the server than runs the Sophos central installations. After reading your post i upgraded it and all is well.

 

Cheers

[E1uSiV3]

well, small warning for you, i hit this kicking and screaming but it was with XP not 2000, take a read of http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/3024.html

 

Also there are a few permission issues too, but i think that was down to the BGfL cocking something up rather than Sophos but i cant remember what i changed now.

 

But even after all that, i would still reccommend V5 its tons better then V3x

[john]

Sophos breaks for us about once a week! It gobbles up RAM by the GB! It ate 2.5GB of ram last week! So we are getting fed up with it. Sophos support are running out of ideas, and so are we. Here we come Symantec

[Dos_Box]

Norton is quite expensive y'know.

[mac_shinobi]

What about avast :

 

http://www.avast.com/

 

or nod32 :

 

http://www.nod32.com/home/home.htm

 

Just want your views / opinions on them anti virus solutions / apps ?

[Rozzer]

I think sophos is no good in my opinion. It takes up so much resources on the computer it stops some of our workstations from upgrading SIMS.

 

Ross

[GrumbleDook]

I think sophos is no good in my opinion. It takes up so much resources on the computer it stops some of our workstations from upgrading SIMS.

 

I'm trying to work out why that is a bad thing ...

[MkII]

I'm trying to work out why that is a bad thing ...

 

LOL!

[tosca925]

Ross2k5 wrote:

I think sophos is no good in my opinion. It takes up so much resources on the computer it stops some of our workstations from upgrading SIMS.

 

I'm trying to work out why that is a bad thing ...

 

 

Sounds good to me.................!

[ConTheITGuy]

lol

 

Have you tried putting the appropriate exclusions in Sophos? It doesn't stop the upgrades here - but is can sure slow them down without.

 

Andy.

 

PS. Give us a shout if you don't know what they are and I'll dig them out.

[intrigue]

Here we come Symantec

That sentance makes me want to scream NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

.matt

[john]

Trust me, Sophos is very annoying! I use Avast at home and its good and I like it, but its too costly for us.

[E1uSiV3]

Well, ive got sophos running beautifully here (v5 that is), not sure how or why but it works and only costs £100 a year or something close to that figure

[ninjabeaver]

I've just paid about £4K for the renewal on ours. Thats over 5 years and 400 PC's. It does break down and work out quite cheap for peace of mind.

 

It also covers me for 17 servers or something silly.

[john]

It covers you for no more than 10% of you total licences for servers, so you are covered for 40 servers

[tarquel]

winks @ intrigue:

 

Symantec Corp (SBE) - 5 User on the severs. Works lovely

 

Cheers

Nath