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Re: Malware (antivirus) software for Macintosh
From: "Gallese, Brady T." <gallese () SUSQU EDU>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 20:43:44 +0000
Also using Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 here. We saw some issues with version 11 as John mention, but things have been very good with 12.1. I like that the macs are centrally managed for reporting, just like our PC clients - pricing is also the same as our PC clients. There haven't been many mac–only viruses show up, but it's been great for stopping the PC viruses that the macs had been carriers for. Regards, Brady Gallese Susquehanna University From: John Ladwig <John.Ladwig () SO MNSCU EDU<mailto:John.Ladwig () SO MNSCU EDU>> Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU<mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>> Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 20:20:53 +0000 To: <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU<mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Malware (antivirus) software for Macintosh Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 here, on a few Macs. SEP 11 used to eat most of the CPU and drive the fans to takeoff thrust once a week or shortly after a restart. 12 is some better, but I still periodically end up with two navx processes running, and that drags things to a crawl. It’s no third to kill the logged-in-user copy off, though. Never seen it fire on anything, false or not, but our Macs have historically only been driven by the security team, who should generally be expected to be more careful than average. Just started with the free Sophos package on the home Macs. Other than the initial “all local disks” scan running for a *very* long time, it’s been unobtrusive. That one found some circa-2k4 PC viruses in an old email attachments folder and dutifully quarantined them. Haven’t noticed CPU consumption issues with Sophos so far. -jml From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Dean Williams Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:18 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU<mailto: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/
Current thread:
- Re: Malware (antivirus) software for Macintosh, (continued)
- Re: Malware (antivirus) software for Macintosh Jeff Giacobbe (May 17)
- Re: Malware (antivirus) software for Macintosh Cappalli, Tim G @ LSC-OIT (May 17)
- Re: Malware (antivirus) software for Macintosh Jason C. Belford (May 17)
- Re: Malware (antivirus) software for Macintosh Louis APONTE (May 17)
- Re: Malware (antivirus) software for Macintosh Everett, Alex D (May 17)
- Re: Malware (antivirus) software for Macintosh John Ladwig (May 17)
- Re: Malware (antivirus) software for Macintosh Justin Azoff (May 17)
- Re: Malware (antivirus) software for Macintosh Louis APONTE (May 18)
- Re: Malware (antivirus) software for Macintosh Everett, Alex D (May 18)
- Re: Malware (antivirus) software for Macintosh Everett, Alex D (May 17)
- Re: Malware (antivirus) software for Macintosh Gallese, Brady T. (May 17)