Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X

["Spransy, Derek" <DSPRANS () EMORY EDU>]

Our campus agreement with Symantec also gives us access to their managed Mac product.  It does have a web based 
management console, but it's missing a lot (emphasis added) of features compared with the PC version.  The reporting 
features of the two platforms aren't integrated either, and new definition releases only occur every week or so.  After 
deploying the managed agent several months ago we've seen a lot of Win32 malware sitting around on Mac volumes.  A good 
portion of those have been macro viruses and old e-mail attachments, but no Mac-centric malware yet.  AFAIK we've never 
had a Mac infected with a virus or spyware, but we've certainly had compromises via SSH and other remote exploits.

-Derek

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Derek Spransy
IT Security Lead
Emory College of Arts & Sciences
derek.spransy () emory edu
404-712-8798
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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Kamnab 
Keo/FS/VCU
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 12:29 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X

Can anybody recommend an anti-spyware utility for Mac/OS X?  We have looked around but there is not much out there 
regarding Macs.

Thanks,

Kamnab Keo
IT Risk Management Analyst
Virginia Commonwealth University

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