Re: Free AV for Macs recommendation?

["Ullman, Catherine" <cende () BUFFALO EDU>]

Thanks, Neal!  Good to know.

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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<mailto: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.

-Cathy


Dr. Catherine J Ullman
Senior Information Security Forensic Analyst
Information Security Office
University at Buffalo
cende () buffalo edu<mailto:cende () buffalo edu>



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Using the free version for commercial use (aka protecting University systems or using it in remediation workflows) is 
prohibited FWIW.

Aaron J. Scantlin
Security Analyst, Division of IT
GSEC, GCFA, GNFA
University of Missouri - Columbia
(573) 884 - 7555
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Cathy,
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.

Ric



Ric Getter
PCC Media Production/PCC-TV
Portland Community College - Sylvania
971-722-8036


On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 9:11 AM Ullman, Catherine <cende () buffalo edu<mailto:cende () buffalo edu>> wrote:
Good afternoon!

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.

Thank you in advance.

Best,
Cathy

Dr. Catherine J Ullman
Senior Information Security Forensic Analyst
Information Security Office
University at Buffalo
cende () buffalo edu<mailto:cende () buffalo edu>


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