what software?

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ok so i've posted before about this fun.exe worm that infected a couple of XP machines at work. one of the PCs actually fried it's motherboard and so got replaced (cheaply with another XP machine from a high street guy we know) and i done a fresh install on the other one only 2 days ago as the boss finally caved and let me do it! the new pc has already been infected by this worm and we've only had it at most, 2 weeks and has had very little downloaded onto it.

As i have mentioned before, my boss is tight as a ducks bum and we've been using free AV software for as long as I can remember but i would like some feedback on what software is good but doesn't need a load of system resources to run as most of our machinesare petium 2 or 3 with at most 1GB RAM!

The 2 modern pcs we have that have vista and win 7 dont seem to get infected. Im putting this down to the upped security from defender AND the AV software we currently run.

We'd need at least 8 licences and we don't have a server here (the win 7 machine acts as a file server).

Is there an inherent problem with XP that allows it to be attacked? i know large companies still use it but they most likely have web servers and "proper firewalls" to protect them and this splution isn't available to me.

Thanks in advance.

 

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Microsoft Security Essentials is free for up to 10 PCs.

 

tight arse maybe and free the AV might be to install, but you've got to make sure that you are within the licence agreement of the software otherwise free may actually end up costing hundreds of thousands in fines, you can also count downtime due to infected networks into that "free" idea as well.

You can also have a look at windows intune which compared to what it does is actually very cost effective and makes many management tasks a doddle!

 

That's a great idea with the auto play feature. I'll do that when I'm next at work.
I like the idea of the web filtering, I looked at the link and it said the router controls it. I assume that means I only install it on the pc directly connected to the router and it controls it via comms between the router and pc it's installed on?
Also would it likely have an option to limit guest users to just the Internet as the boss wants to have a wifi point and I don't want people having access to the whole network.

This is the first time I've had to do any thing like this so I'm a little naive.

 

For anti-virus I can strongly recommend ESET NOD32. It's core is written in Assembler (or so I've heard) so it's very light-weight (I can confirm that). It's not too expensive but it's not free. My GF's laptop got infected with some malware with MS Security Essentials fully updated. It started picking it up after I cleaned it with SuperAntiSpyware and MalwareBytes Anti-Malware. I guess it was some 0-day exploit.

Re: Ken's link.

The web filtering is performed on the router and this isn't a software that you install on a PC. I believe it's a subscription that works only with DrayTek routers. It communicates directly with GlobalView servers to get the latest updates.

I think what's being suggested is that you get a decent router/firewall with Web Filtering feature (usually subscription).

Here's another example:
XTM Security Suite - WebBlocker, Firebox, Security Appliance | WatchGuard Technologies