Re: Anti-virus Options for Students

[Adam Nave <nave () MACALESTER EDU>]

We require antivirus via our NAC (Bradford), but we've set it to allow any
antivirus app supported by the NAC. Right now we recommend students use MSE
for Windows and Sophos for Mac, since both are free and reasonably good.
We've been letting them pick their own AV for so long that I can't say if
we deal with more or fewer malware issues compared to a school with
required AV.

--Adam


On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 7:10 AM, Hahues, Sven <shahues () fgcu edu> wrote:

>  Mr. Yoka,
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> The NAC solution we have allows students to use a variety of different
> software but it is up to them to make sure they know how to update it.  If
> we have problems with a student’s computer due to the antivirus software,
> we usually install the software that we recommend.  Students who do not
> have any kind of AV software installed are asked to install the product we
> chose.
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> In regards to the time spent supporting this, it usually isn’t too bad
> from what I can see working with our staff.  The worst thing is usually
> when the students remove their old AV software and it doesn’t get
> completely removed, so our NAC solution thinks they still have outdated AV,
> but that is a problem pretty much regardless of what software you choose.
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> Hope that helps!
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>
> Sven
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> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:
> SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] *On Behalf Of *Robert Yoka
> *Sent:* Monday, December 10, 2012 11:17 PM
> *To:* SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> *Subject:* [SECURITY] Anti-virus Options for Students
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> Our institution has started having the discussion of whether or not we
> will allow students to use anti-virus software other than our corporate
> standard (McAfee).
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> Are other schools out there allowing students to use the AV programs of
> their choosing?  If so, what impact has it had on your help desk as far as
> support time/issues?  If not, are you allowing students to choose from a
> limited, pre-selected set of AV choices or forcing all of them to use one
> corporate standard AV program, enforced by a NAC solution?
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> Thanks,
>
> --
>
> Robert J. Yoka, CISSP
> Information Security Administrator
> Information Technology
> York College of Pennsylvania
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-- 
Adam Nave, CISSP
Linux/Unix Systems Administrator
Macalester College