Symantec Client Security 3.0 Business Pack - 5 User

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009G0320
• Item model number: 10362833
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 18, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #20,859 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Product Description

Symantec™ Client Security helps proactively protect the enterprise from blended threats – such as Sasser – and spyware. The solution prevents intrusions from entering the network through remote and mobile clients. Simplified management of integrated antivirus, firewall, and intrusion prevention technologies through the familiar Symantec AntiVirus™ Corporate Edition management interface allows organizations to maintain control of client systems, minimize productivity disruptions, and enhance client security. Real-time protection reduces the risk of spyware and adware reaching the system, while automatic removal enables easy disposal of security risks. Side-effect repair automatically cleans up registry entries, files, and browser settings after hard-to-find spyware infections. Administrators have the flexibility to set the organization’s security spyware and adware policies on an application-by-application basis. New enhancements ease administration. Out-of-the-box firewall configurations are optimized to minimize set-up efforts while stopping the majority of threats. Administrators can tailor settings to meet usability and organizational needs. Enhanced tamper protection guards against unauthorized access and attacks that attempt to disable security controls. Generic Exploit Blocking enhances intrusion prevention capabilities, resulting in reduced time-to-protection after vulnerability announcements. Centralized configuration, policy management, threshold alerting, and logging capabilities ease the administrative burden and offer a comprehensive view of the enterprise’s client security posture. A single update for antivirus, firewall, and intrusion prevention from a single vendor allows organizations to respond faster to complex security outbreaks. At the same time, multiple security technologies interacting with one another ensure a coordinated response to maximize containment and recovery.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2.0 out of 5 stars Centralized administration a must-have, but spotty support, September 15, 2005

By	IT person "amazon7690" (Albuquerque, NM) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Symantec Client Security 3.0 Business Pack - 10 User (CD-ROM)

My 100-user organization had Symantec Client Security 1.0 for two years. Had various problems including:
- infections with suspicious processes that caused obvious problems for users, yet Symantec reported no virus.
- twice, LiveUpdate imported new firewall policies that stopped a business-critical Access/SQL Server application from working until new firewall policies were deployed.
- the firewall recently started acting erratically and had to be uninstalled from many workstations.
- the products causes a very noticeable performance hit, really bad during scheduled scans.

Since there was no more support for our 1.0 version, I convinced the CFO to buy version 3.0. The server migration failed without explanation and wiped out our 1.0 server configuration. For one day I tried reinstalling eight times on two different servers, following various procedures and troubleshooting steps. The online technical forum is not well supported - it looks like 5% of questions placed in the last month got any answers. It took another day after I registered for support to finally get a phone number to call. Then two hours on the phone and multiple downloads of components and tools still yielded no clues why the installation failed.

Finally after a complete rebuild of the server, I discovered that changing a Group Policy setting (enable end users to select trusted publishers) fixed the problem. Now that it's installed, the product looks good. Remote client installation is very smooth, but given our history, I'll reserve final judgement for a few months.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for Networks, August 26, 2005

By	J. S. Meek - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Symantec Client Security 3.0 Business Pack - 10 User (CD-ROM)

This is a must have for offices with small to medium size networks. There is a bit of work that goes into setting this up, but once you have it done, it works really well. The centralized managment of this product makes it all worth while.

If you haven't worked with Symantec products before, you will definately need to take the time to read the instructions completely through (probably more than once).

The biggest complaint I have is the license tracking. Getting this set up is not intuitive and the instructions are a little unclear.