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10 Ways to Tell If It's Time to Change Your Anti-Virus Software

Pete Streips, President, Network Security Group, ESET Research Team
If you are like most small businesses you have probably experienced issues with anti-malware software in the past. Do any of the issues below ring true when thinking about your current antivirus solution?

• When it performs scans it slows our systems to a crawl

• It creates too many alerts on files that aren’t malicious

• It is hard to manage across all our platforms and devices

• Our users want to turn it off because it is so annoying

If so, join Peter Streips, Network Security Group (ESET’s Gold Partner) President and ESET researchers for a panel discussion and learn why it’s time to change your antivirus solution.
Jun 6 2012
59 mins
10 Ways to Tell If It's Time to Change Your Anti-Virus Software
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