Re: Free AV for Macs recommendation?

[Neal O'Farrell <nealjofarrell () GMAIL COM>]

I'm a paranoid security nerd and moved to Mac 10 years ago. AVG and
Malwarebytes free editions are both great options, never had any issues or
incidents, and very little nagging to upgrade to premium etc.

Neal
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On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 1:02 PM Ullman, Catherine <cende () buffalo edu> wrote:

> Yes, I’m aware, which is why I wasn’t asking about protection of
> University systems.  I specifically noted that this would be for students,
> but perhaps I didn’t make it clear that it would be for their own personal
> machines.  Therefore, any free product should be allowable.
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> -Cathy
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> Dr. Catherine J Ullman
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> Senior Information Security Forensic Analyst
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> Information Security Office
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> University at Buffalo
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> cende () buffalo edu
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> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Security Community Group Listserv <
> SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> *On Behalf Of *Scantlin, Aaron J.
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 18, 2020 12:56 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [SECURITY] Free AV for Macs recommendation?
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> Using the free version for commercial use (aka protecting University
> systems or using it in remediation workflows) is prohibited FWIW.
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> *Aaron J. Scantlin*
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> Security Analyst, Division of IT
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> GSEC, GCFA, GNFA
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> University of Missouri - Columbia
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> scantlina () missouri edu
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> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Security Community Group Listserv <
> SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> *On Behalf Of *Ric Getter
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> Cathy,
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> Though we have a paid solution here (McAfee), the Mac community in general
> now sees Malwarebytes as the best free solution for macOS. It's what I run
> on all my systems at home. The free version doesn't offer on-access
> scanning, but it can schedule scanning runs. It's multithreaded code, so it
> runs quite quickly, but you wouldn't want to run a scan when you're trying
> to do any other work. It does let you know about important updates, but it
> doesn't keep nagging you to buy it, at least not until you open its console.
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> Ric
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> Ric Getter
> PCC Media Production/PCC-TV
> Portland Community College - Sylvania
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> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 9:11 AM Ullman, Catherine <cende () buffalo edu>
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> Good afternoon!
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> Like many institutions, we are balking at the cost of the SEP renewals and
> starting to think about some alternatives including no longer including
> students in our SEP renewal.  As a result, we’ll probably recommend Windows
> Defender for M$ systems, but we’d need a free option for students who use
> Macs.  Any recommendations for a free AV product for Mac out there?  Of
> course if anyone has any other feedback, we’d be open to hearing it as well.
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> Thank you in advance.
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> Best,
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> Cathy
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> Dr. Catherine J Ullman
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> Senior Information Security Forensic Analyst
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> Information Security Office
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> University at Buffalo
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> cende () buffalo edu
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