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AV scan on read vs write debate....
From: "Exibar" <exibar () thelair com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 19:38:55 -0400
HI all! I see a war a-brewing in our Macintosh area, they're pushing for AV scanning on Write only... I'm pushing back, hard and winning so far.... They don't seem to get it no matter how much they say they understand the dangers, they're still stuck in the world where "Mac viruses just don't exist", and apparently they don't care if they have a Windows virus dormant on their machines either.... they claim they have a huge performance improvement with scan on read turned off... It always comes back to performance in their argument.... Does anyone have any white papers or any links or even any off the cuff thoughts that I can bring to these folks that will help prove my point that only having scan on write is a *very* bad idea and a huge security hole? LOL... I'm almost secretly hoping that if they do get their way that a "crypolocker" like virus hits one of them off of a USB stick and trashes all their data on their precious little Mac.... I'll be first to tell them "I told you so..." Anyway, anything you folks have that you can send along would help fill my ammo batteries with new ammo... Thanks! Exibar _______________________________________________ Sent through the Full Disclosure mailing list http://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure Web Archives & RSS: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/
Current thread:
- AV scan on read vs write debate.... Exibar (Jun 29)
- Re: AV scan on read vs write debate.... Reindl Harald (Jun 29)