Are you looking for rock solid, cloud based antivirus, malware solution ? [easyazon-link asin=”B009APQBQI” locale=”us”] GFI Software [/easyazon-link] has very good cloud based solution called GFI Cloud – Vipre for Business. It has a very small footprint, VIPRE Business Online gives you real-time threat protection against viruses, spyware and other malware without impacting the performance of your computers. Key benefits of using GFI Cloud:
- Sets up in 10 minutes or less
- Integrates antivirus, asset, network management and remote control
- Manages and protects your mobile workforce
- Simplifies IT management
- Saves time, cuts cost and frees up IT resources
You can sign up for 30 days trial and try out all features without limitation Once you signed up, you will be provided with link where you can access your cloud based dashboard and you can download your GFI Agent and deploy on your network. GFI also provides MSI package so you can easily import it to your server and start network wide deployment with [easyazon-link asin=”1118289404″ locale=”us”] Group Policy [/easyazon-link]. Installation takes less than 60 seconds and you can instantly check your computers trough the dashboard from anywhere. You can also use the TeamViewer that is built in for remote sessions and troubleshooting as well as you will have now real asset management of your computers, servers and see what is installed and running on those hosts as well what hardware specification they have. All this from one place – cloud dashboard. Here I am adding few screenshots from my installation today on my network. It was really simple and easy to deploy and it looks like I am ditching my current protection since I am not with them 100% satisfy. This gives me more power and control over network and make admin life way easier and of course it cost less what I would pay for my old solution. Also I should probably mention if you are using web-hosted [easyazon-link asin=”B0068WNV8W” locale=”us”] Trend Micro Worry Free [/easyazon-link] solution, GFI agent will have trouble uninstall this client. I had both on premises and hosted by Dell. GFI agent was able to uninstall Trend Micro in the process but had issue to uninstall the hosted Trend Micro agents. I have found the best way to remove the hosted Trend Micro agents by using this freeware – – once the [easyazon-link asin=”B002NWQH8W” locale=”us”] Trend Micro Worry Free [/easyazon-link] hosted agent is uninstall you will be able to add GFI agent without problem. Other antivirus solutions were uninstalled without issues during the process – tested with McAfee, MS Security Essentials and Symantec. I was surprised how much items the [easyazon-link asin=”B0068WNV28″ locale=”us”] Trend Micro Worry Free [/easyazon-link] solution missed on my network. Whatever was found during the initial scan on network was easy to remove from the GFI Cloud console which saved me a lot of time :-). You can register for FREE 30 days Trials of GFI Cloud here. [easyazon-image align=”none” asin=”B009APQBQI” locale=”us” height=”160″ src=”http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41q8B8fr7RL._SL160_.jpg” width=”117″]