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SEP 11.0 Licensing

Our Lic for SEP 11 has expired a while back.  It seems that I can still deploy to client from the console, and each client will update with the latest definitions.  So I'm a little confused, what does the Lic provide?  I presumed with the expired lic I would not be allowed to do anything.  It seems that I'm curently protected.  Any thoughts?
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Just because it works does not mean you are licensed.  Your license likely grants you the right to update and deploy only when you have a current license.  It may do nothing in software to enforce it, but that doesn't mean you are legal.  

In my experience, Symantec products are among the WORST out there.  Every outbreak I've had to fight has been "protected" by symantec.  The featureset is nice... the product just doesn't work.  And it also has a tendency to cause problems.

Since your license is expired, I would recommend you look into switching products.  For the most part, they ALL stink nowadays.  Anything less than 99% effective is ineffective in my opinion and we haven't had a 99% effective product since the late 90s.  That said, I've had reasonably good experiences with VIPRE Enterprise from Sunbelt Software (recently acquired from GFI).  Their retail price is somewhere around $10-15 dollars at the moment (sale this month) and it's proven itself fairly effective.  I have sold it to most of my clients with a little additional discount.
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Can I centrally deploy Vipre?  Web based or console based?  We have a few MAC's, they don't usually have issues, but could I deploy it to a MAC also?  Thanks for the info
In addition, there is no AV on any of the servers?  This seems strange to me, the client is taking the position that as long as we don't browse from the server we are safe.  My gut tells me that there should be AV even on servers.  Any thoughts?
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fantastic, thanks for the input.