Re: Malware (antivirus) software for Macintosh

[Jesse Safran <safranj () GREENMTN EDU>]

Another +1 for Sophos.  We are very happy with it!

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 3:29 PM, King, Ronald A. <raking () nsu edu> wrote:

> We use Sophos.  It seems to run fine without any performance hits and the
> clients can now be managed via their Enterprise Console.
>
> Ronald King
> Security Engineer
> http://security.nsu.edu<http://security.nsu.edu/>
>
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:
> SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Dean Williams
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:18 PM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: [SECURITY] Malware (antivirus) software for Macintosh
>
> A rash of Flashback infections has us thinking about malware protection
> for our Macintoshes.  Is anyone using a product that you’d recommend (or
> recommend against!)?   If you are supporting malware protection for your
> Macintoshes, is the impact on system performance acceptable?   Is it
> effective in preventing or at least detecting infections?  Are updates
> timely?  Is it affordable?
>
> Thanks for any experience or insight you can share.
>
> Dean Williams, GSLC
> Information Security Officer
> Enterprise Technology Services
> University of Vermont
> Dean.Williams () uvm edu<mailto:Dean.Williams () uvm edu> | 802-656-1174
> http://www.uvm.edu/it/


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Jesse Safran
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Green Mountain College
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