We don't have any Macs on our network here, but I do use a Mac personally. It is essentially true that there is no malware on the Mac. The stuff that does pop up is almost always a trojan, and the person has to explicitly have permitted it to run (Do you want to install this pirated copy of iWork? Sure!). I personally find it sufficient to run ClamAV and be done with it, but then again I don't go around on torrent sites trying to get pirated software. The major AV companies offer Mac versions of their software, but they primarily look for Windows virii (which the Mac can pass on via email or file copy, but not be affected by). Bill Mayo
________________________________ From: Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: MAC AV Haven't the Mac users in your network told you? Mac's don't get malware of any type. Seriously that was what I keep getting told, so we don't buy any malware protection for them, but I think Symantec, MacAffe., and others of the big names might have some. Jon On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Bill Songstad (WCUL) <[email protected]> wrote: Since there are a number of folks apparently running Macs in their networks, I was wondering what everybody is using to protect them from Malware. Are some products better, easier to manage smaller footprint than others? Thanks for any insight. Bill ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
