What is the best Antivirus for a Windows Domain Network? [closed]

What is the best Antivirus for a Windows Domain Network?


For us it came down to Symantec Endpoint Protection and ESET Nod32/Smart Security. Both have excellent central management features, and both score well on detection rates and not sucking up system resources. We went with ESET based on a bad experience with the trialware of Symantec while evaluating both. ESET was cheaper, as a bonus. Goes to show you it's good to try before you buy, which you can do with most business class AV suites.


I will vote for ESET solutions.
It is cheap, and would not consume resources, and also powerfull, I did not have any problem with it in past years.


If the question is "What Antivirus works well with windows domains to have policies and updates managed?" then I'd suggest looking for security suites that will:

  • Ability for Group Policy to manage application settings
  • Central management for being able to push updates to clients and servers on the network
  • Ability to restrict access to settings and passwords to administrators

One example of a product that can do all these things is McAfee's security suite (VirusScan, ePO etc.)