Help - Business and home antivirus software

[peteyt]

I've got a little quick question.

For my radio station I'm wanting to put in a security suite, probably a decent one that's also not too much of a memory hog. I've been testing out Eset's Smart Security 5 which is easy to use, simplistic and doesn't effect my PC much which is a surprise as this one is very old and slow as it is.

My question is do Business's have to purchase business software instead of home/home office software or is it just an alternative. I know a lot of Business software especially security wise comes with a lot of extra's for managing multiple computers and so on, sometimes complicated extras, which I wouldn't need. However I'm unsure if using a home product in a business environment would be classed as illegal.

I know I could easily download multiple programs for free, some illegally. However I want my buisness and the studio to be 100 percent legal and so thought I'd check if its legal to use a home product for my purposes.

Thanks

[Mark]

Business software is really for companies with multiple machines or a server that need protecting, if you've got under 3 computers and no server I'd recommend the home software. Also, take a look at Trend Micro Titanium, apparently it's the best on the market and it's never let me down.

[Recursion]

I'd stick to MS Security Essentials.

I honestly wouldn't install AV software on your main broadcasting PCs though, be strict about what gets plugged in to them and don't connect them directly to the internet.

And it depends on the company's terms of usage for that product as to whether you're breaking them being a business user or not, this is especially true for the free home versions.

[N!ck]

I don't think you can. Not too sure on the law, but basically I think it's to do with if you get a virus on a business computer and it causes some "damages" or loss of income in some way to the business - potentially seriously if it spreads across the network. You then might try suing the anti-virus company for the losses and a home product just isn't designed for that potential risk. I assume it's why business licenses and products are so expensive.

[peteyt]

I don't think you can. Not too sure on the law, but basically I think it's to do with if you get a virus on a business computer and it causes some "damages" or loss of income in some way to the business - potentially seriously if it spreads across the network. You then might try suing the anti-virus company for the losses and a home product just isn't designed for that potential risk. I assume it's why business licenses and products are so expensive.

Don't know if you could actually sue the company as they probably have terms to prevent this as while antivirus programs are handy they aren't perfect.

I want to make sure the studio computer is as safe as possible without really causing any speed issues. I may have a look around and if I find some handy programs contact the supplier. The problem is a lot of the business versions are designed for multiple computers.

[Recursion]

Don't know if you could actually sue the company as they probably have terms to prevent this as while antivirus programs are handy they aren't perfect.

I want to make sure the studio computer is as safe as possible without really causing any speed issues. I may have a look around and if I find some handy programs contact the supplier. The problem is a lot of the business versions are designed for multiple computers.

We use McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise at work (given to us free by our LEA so we went with it) and whilst it can have a server role, it's very good as a standalone client too. Not sure how much it is though, I think it's probably out of your budget.

[Jack!]

Don't know if you could actually sue the company as they probably have terms to prevent this as while antivirus programs are handy they aren't perfect.

I want to make sure the studio computer is as safe as possible without really causing any speed issues. I may have a look around and if I find some handy programs contact the supplier. The problem is a lot of the business versions are designed for multiple computers.

I would make it so the studio PC can view dynamicradio for the requests, logs and such, and then allow it to stream, block everything else (Just do it via router, Tell it to block everything, then allow what I said above)