Computer Team, Inc. recently added this system to all our deployed servers and workstations. We chose to go with the best in the industry, a product called Huntress. EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) is a system that goes far beyond traditional antivirus programs. It starts with the following:
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Huntress Persistent Footholds catches hackers hiding in plain sight on Windows and Mac devices while they plot their next attack, giving them a taste of their own medicine. -
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Malicious Process Behavior Detection & Stop Malware: Identify and remediate malicious files, privilege escalations, viruses, lateral movement, and other suspicious hacker activity with Huntress Managed Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), powered 24/7 by our security researchers. -
Huntress Ransomware Canaries enable faster detection and removal of ransomware, reducing risk and maximizing uptime. Like the old canary in the coal mine, our Ransomware Canaries enable faster detection of potential ransomware incidents. When deployed, small, lightweight files are placed on all protected endpoints. Suppose those files are modified or changed in any way. In that case, the Huntress Security team
opens an investigation to confirm whether those changes are the result of a ransomware infection or malicious encryption. -
Huntress Open Port Detection highlights external attack surfaces and exposes easy entry points to strengthen defensive perimeters and improve security posture. -
Huntress Security Operations Center Moves beyond AI and automation with a team of 24/7 human experts—your secret weapon in the fight against today’s hackers. Huntress employees analyze worldwide, so there are
always humans to verify any issues. If something needs immediate attention, they will call our tech team regardless of the time of day. -
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Managed Microsoft Defender: Reclaim existing investments with Managed Microsoft Defender (previously known as Managed Antivirus) and leverage Huntress to extend your front-end protection. Using this antivirus software with Huntress eliminates the need for separate antivirus software, as it is included with all Windows operating systems.
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provides monthly and quarterly reports for tracking. Please use this link to see one of our more recent reports. You will see from this report that we had two issues that did not require immediate attention, but were warnings. Two users in our network had documents storing passwords that were named ‘passwords’, which a hacker would look for if they could gain access. We updated the client and had them rename those files to something less obvious.
Use the link below to see our latest reports.
Computer Team Inc Monthly Summary 06-2025
Computer Team Inc Monthly Summary 05-2025
Computer Team Inc Monthly Summary 04-2025
Costs for better protection:
Our current annual cost for Avast Cloud-based Antivirus is $36.00 per year, which translates to $3.00 per month or approximately 0.017 cents per working hour, less than 0.021 cents per hour.
Our new pricing for Huntress is $79.99 per year, $6.99 per month, or $0.038 per working hour, less than $0.04 per hour. Don’t forget you can subtract the cost for Avast because you will no longer need it. So, the upgrade difference to move to Huntress is $43.99 per year, $3.99 per month, or a difference of .021 cents per working
hour.