AV / Spyware combo for small network

[Shoreguy]

Finally....Norton's liscense has expired, and I'm shopping. However, When shopping, 'tis best to know what's recommended.

So, in a small networked environment what are the recommended choices for "Best Of" in corporate editions of AV and Internet Security (spyware/popup/etc.) applications?

2x Windows 2000 servers
25x XP Workstations
1x T1 connection to the world
No...no hardware firewall in the loop

There's no current restriction or tracking on what is being surfed, so a user may be working....surfing for pricing, etc. or on break....checking news, shopping, posting on SysOpt, etc.

Incoming and outgoing email is routed through Postini.

As far as needs:
Automatic updates to server and clients...90-100% need
Ease of Use....Would like set-and-forget....yeah, right.
Cost....We aren't a financial institution...but we also aren't a non-profit
Schedulable full system scans on both server and clients....75%-100% need.

Think that's it...Thanks for you input in advance!

[Midknyte]

http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/09/19/38FEspy_1.html

I haven't used too many of those personally, but we use SAVCE and it is solid. you're probably used to that since you had it already. scheduled scans, auto updates, realtime update pushes, etc. it's about as set it and forget it as you can get.

if you do upgrade from an older NAVCE or SAVCE, make sure to uninstall the old client first. you can do a new push install, but i've had issues where the uninstall didn't run properly.

NOD32 scans really really fast. download the trial and you'll see what I mean. that might be good in a corporate environment if you don't want to disturb your users.

The Webroot Corporate looks pretty nice (they have a trial edition). It doesn't seem to be too difficult, but i haven't deployed it "live" to the network, so I can't say how the install will be. Counterspy corporate seems to get good ratings, but i haven't tried it yet. You would figure that if the desktop edition was good, then the corporate edition should be pretty effective (same definitions). It all comes down the the deployment and update tools.