Re: Antivirus for MAC.

[Mark Borrie <mark.borrie () OTAGO AC NZ>]

We have been using Sophos for the Mac for some years. In the early days
we also had Virex but most depts now utilise our site license for SAV.

SAV for the Mac is not as up to date with features as Windows versions,
but then nor is the linux version. The detection signatures are however
identical.

The same reporting console is used for Windows and Macs.  This has
interesting results with dual booting Intel Macs. We are resolving this
with different IPs depending on which OS starts up.

Overall I think our users are happy with the product.

Mark

Halliday,Paul wrote:
> We currently maintain about 5000 installations of McAfee's VirusScan for
> Windows which we manage with ePO. We had been using Virex for the Macs
> up to a few months ago when our licensing expired. Virex was terrible
> and without an on access scanner, not really useful. With that, we have
> been shying away from the renewal process.
>
> It looks like 8.6 for MAC is almost out of beta and does have an on
> access scanner.
>
> Before I move forward I would be interested in hearing what products
> others are using and what their experiences have been.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -p

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Mark Borrie
Information Security Manager,
Information Technology Services, University of Otago,
Dunedin, N.Z.
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