Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: jackz@izuba.ee.lbl.gov (Jack Zelver) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Virus Protection and Universities Message-ID: <0011.9102151914.AA09165@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 14 Feb 91 20:08:47 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 29 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu ACRAY@ECUVM1.BITNET (RAY) writes: >I would like to know what other universities are doing about buying >virus protection packages. We have a copy of Virex for our use but >would like to implement something in the labs. We have look at SCAN >but McAfee shareware site licences prices are exceptionally high. The >minimum purchase is for use on 100 machines for $3250. We would >probably be better off buying just a few copies and putting them on >machines set aside for virus checking only. > >Any thoughts from other university labs? We too, tried to negotiate a site license for the McAfee software here at the University of California Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. Since we have at least 500 IBM type systems, you can imagine what kind of cost we were faced with. Since we don't like to spend the taxpayer's money frivously (that's YOUR money, folks!) we decided not to offer McAfee this huge windfall for the privilege of locally distributing his software. We ended up negotiating a site license with IBM for their VIRSCAN software. The price is right for that one! You might consider getting virus protection packages for a few people and put them on special write-protected system floppies. Then they could be moved from system to system to check for suspected infections. Jack Zelver jszelver@lbl.gov