Re: AV for OSX

[Josh More <jmore () starmind org>]

I agree with Ryan's view.

Also, as a counterpoint to Michael's, it is surprisingly difficult to
not do anything stupid under OSX.  The only way I've found to be
reasonably secure is to not run as admin (not hard, actually), use
Little Snitch and Glimmer Proxy (annoying) AND replace Safari
completely with a hardened Firefox (noscript, HTTPS Everywhere,
Request Policy, WOT, Adblock+, Certificate Patrol, etc)... which
pretty much completely kills a large part of the OSX experience.

When you add to this, the tendency of Apple to release patches as
frequently as cicadas, I don't think that adding an additional layer
of defense, imperfect as it is, is a bad idea.

I use Sophos on mine.

-Josh More



On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Michael D. Wood
<mike () itsecuritypros org> wrote:
> I also agree.  Don't believe the hype, when/if it really comes down to it -
> maybe, then look into something.  In the meantime, be security aware and
> don't do anything stupid.
>
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>
> On 8/22/12 10:20 PM, John Strand wrote:
> > No.
> >
> > The reason?  I have yet to be on a test were it gets in the way.
> >
> > I do know it causes your system to run slower and crash more.
> >
> > I would rather have a faster, less secure system than the illusion of
> > security.
> +1
> I agree. Don't believe propaganda from yellow press IT blogs.
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