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Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition 6.5

Trend Micro's corporate anti-spyware product is OfficeScan. When used in conjunction with Trend Micro's Control Manager 3 application, the product facilitates centralised management and reporting features that some network administrators of larger systems may crave. Indeed, the application suite incorporates not only anti-spyware capabilities but also has an antivirus engine and a firewall facility.

The installation of OfficeScan was very easy -- a neat touch is that the install routine includes a prescan for viruses before continuing through to the remainder of the setup stages. If the system has IIS installed on it then the operator can choose to use that Web server. Alternatively, Apache Web Server can be installed (this is also bundled on the CD).

The majority of the configuration is handled during the installation and for those tinkerers who cannot keep their hands off the nuts and bolts there are plenty of straightforward easy-to-access controls within the console.

Administration and updating can be handled using the central console, making it a great tool for administrators of larger networks. There's also a handy monitoring utility showing current and recent virus and firewall incidents.

Overall, this product is a very refined and powerful suite of network scanning tools. The ease of use is also a definite positive, particularly when considering the complexity of the tasks handled by the application.

If you are in control of a large network and spyware is keeping you and your engineers up and night then definitely give the TrendMicro OfficeScan suite a test drive.

  Spyware
  CA eTrust PestPatrol
  F-Secure
  Lavasoft Ad-Aware
  McAfee AntiSpyware
  Trend Micro OfficeScan
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 About RMIT
Product OfficeScan Corporate Edition version 6.5
Price AU$61.35 per user per annum. Minimum of 5 users. (AU$29.95 per user per annum at 350 users)
Vendor Trend Micro
Phone 1800 642 421
Web www.trendmicro.com
 
Interoperability
Very well designed medium-to-large sized enterprise security scanning suite.
Futureproofing
Very comprehensive suite of tools.
ROI
Well-priced considering the potential scale of this application bundle.
Service ½
12 months appears to be the standard warranty with all these applications which is very good for software applications in general.
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  1. Nastyware - a collective descriptive term... Anonymous -- 16/11/04

    Nastyware - a collective descriptive term...

  2. You obviously have not seen the very recent advice from Pest Patrol, which now is no longer supported, but has been replaced (free of charge to current users) with a new Spyware called "Counterspy". I have had it installed for about a week and a Anonymous -- 20/12/04

    You obviously have not seen the very recent advice from Pest Patrol, which now is no longer supported, but has been replaced (free of charge to current users) with a new Spyware called "Counterspy". I have had it installed for about a week and although I was happy with Pest patrol, Counterspy does have a number of improved features
    Ken Hillier

    1. Spyware John Taylor -- 22/12/05

      Tosh and nonsense, CA are announcing a new version of PestPatrol to be released soon and have incorporated the product into the new Integrated Threat Manager which has both a/v and Anti-Spyware. I sit on the CA Advisory Council as a UK memeber so I should know!) You are not by chance an old PestPatrol Reseller who now sells Counterspy are you Ken? Very cheap swipe at CA Ken, very cheap indeed!

  3. eTrust Pest Patrol contains the virus Win32.Bagle.4.Gen@mm. Everytime the program updates it re-download the same virus. Buyer beware on this application. Anonymous -- 26/12/04

    eTrust Pest Patrol contains the virus Win32.Bagle.4.Gen@mm. Everytime the program updates it re-download the same virus. Buyer beware on this application.

    1. Spyware John Taylor -- 22/12/05

      Yes, and what is more the tooth fairy met with Santa yesterday to discuss leaving a tube of Flouride Toothpaste under the pillow of everyone in the World on Saturday Night! Come on, lets not get silly here. You really think the World's 3rd largest Software Company ships a virus in it's products? hmmm

  4. we use officescan 6.5 in our company and even though i've followed all the steps to make sure that the spyware part of officescan is active, we still get spywares! most notable is those spywares like gator.b, gator.c. i'm the network administrat Anonymous -- 28/02/05

    we use officescan 6.5 in our company and even though i've followed all the steps to make sure that the spyware part of officescan is active, we still get spywares! most notable is those spywares like gator.b, gator.c.

    i'm the network administrator and i'm thinking of dumping officescan for a better one.

  5. readability blind bob -- 27/12/05

    black ink on a dark blue background. Good job!

    AND it never tells me my comment was submitted!

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