Uninstall Sophos (Score 1)

The best way for Windows users to compute untroubled (or less troubled) is to uninstall Sophos. Our IT department switched to Sophos about a year ago and we in development have had nothing but problems. My machine barely runs now. The updates every three hours render the machine unusable until Sophos completes its download. We get off easy. Most departments get updates every hour. I would glady run the risk of infection by having no anti-virus software over using Sophos. The lost productivity clearing one virus pales in comparison to the daily loss caused by this "tool." If you are forced to use Sophos I recommend setting exclusion on all your drives for on-access and on-demand. This will slightly improve the performance of your machine. Don't bother excluding file types. It takes too long and Sophos clears your exclusions periodically. Does Sophos even work? I've never had it detect anything. Either I don't get infected or Sophos doesn't work. We always here a Windows box will be infected within seconds of connecting to the internet. So, why doesn't Sophos report all these attacks? I'm probably rambling at this point, but I really hate this product. I felt strongly enough to make this my first Slashdot post since Feb 2005.