A couple of years ago we supported a Mac network at an ad agency (50-60 Macs) who took that same approach. And 3 days a week we were in there trying to stamp out these Word macro viruses that they just kept reinfecting and reinfecting and reinfecting themselves with.
Finally, after we left, I think they decided to spend the money on an A/V program for their Macs which, I assume, eventually cleaned it up. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer ______________________________________________ Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com [email protected] Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bschorr -----Original Message----- From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 7:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MAC AV "Essentially true". That was intended to mean that there is very little malware, and that is the case. With a little common sense, you can pretty much avoid it entirely. -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 11:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: MAC AV Trojans *are* malware. And, the first botnet for Macs has been activated: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/041709-first-mac-os-x-botnet.html On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 08:03, Mayo, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
