They're currently stand-alone but their department wants them to have network access.
Fortunately (or unfortunately) we are the home office. We've got firewalls, etc but we're concerned with one of the users downloading something (an email attachment, etc) that introduces a virus into our environment. Larry -----Original Message----- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard P. Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 9:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Mac Anti-Virus software and Final Cut Pro? Are they stand-alone units or part of a network? One company I worked with had their stand-alone units only have access to the network through the home office, which provided the necessary security. Yes, any AV software will give your video editing programs headaches, especially when files are being loaded in. Slow................ Richard P. Larry wrote: > One of the groups here has purchased a couple of high-end Macs for video > editing with Final Cut Pro. > > > > They're not running anti-virus software on it as the concern is it will > cause too much grief with Final Cut. These systems are currently > stand-alone. > > > > That was fine and dandy but now they're requesting the Office Suite of > apps, plus full-time internet access and the network access policy is > that all systems must be running A/V software. > > > > I know...there aren't many viruses written for Macs but there are > viruses written for other apps. > > > > I've asked them to ask their vendor if we could run an A/V program that > would just do a full-scan in the evening and would only monitor > out-bound traffic, but so far we haven't gotten a response (or they > might not have asked). > > > > Any recommendations on A/V software that won't interfere too much with > Final Cut would be greatly appreciated. > ************************************************************************ * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************ * ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
