I will most likely go the McAfee route the University has a site license, I just hate that stuff but then if I hear one more time that Mac's don't get Malware I will put Symantec on his system and really trash it.
Jon On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 4:50 AM, Oliver Marshall < [email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I’m pretty sure its scheduled only, at least it is in windows. > > > > For commercial apps you can look at Sophos. > > > > -- > > G2 Support > > Network Support : Online Backups : Server Management > > > > Web: www.g2support.com > > Twitter: g2support <http://twitter.com/home?stat...@g2support> > > Newsletter: www.g2support.com/newsletter > > > > > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 05 June 2009 09:48 > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Mac Anti-Malware > > > > Does it do On-access scans and can it be setup to do scheduled scans. I > thought Clam was only a on-demand scanner. > > > > Jon > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Mayo, Bill <[email protected]> > wrote: > > +1 > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, June 04, 2009 12:57 PM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > *Subject:* Re: Mac Anti-Malware > > Our Mac guru here recommends ClamAV, or actually for the Mac version I > think it's ClamXAV. Free, open source, certainly worth looking into. It's > what he uses at home on his personal Macs. > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well the user in question has repeatly stated that he does not need AV but > the Univeristy just said make it so (cutting out his argument that he does > not need any). That said we will not install anything from Symantec after > the last time we used their stuff and had it NOT find viruses. McAfee may > be an option but not one I was hoping to see. > > > > Jon > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 12:36 PM, John Aldrich < > [email protected]> wrote: > > That’s a good question. The most common answer you’re going to find is “we > don’t need antivirus/anti-malware.” For the most part that is true, as OS X > is based on Unix (BSD to be exact, I think.) That being said, there has been > some recently publicized (in this list even, I think J) activity that > warrants looking for anti-malware on the Mac. > > My suggestion would be to check the “usual suspects”: McAfee, AVG, Symantec > (YUCK!), etc. > > I just did a little bit of looking (not much, mind) and the ONLY thing I > found was Avast! has a Mac version. Trend Micro (maker of PC-Cillin and host > of the free on-line virus scanner “antivirus.com”) makes a Mac version of > their stuff, so it’s available. You just have to look a lot harder to find > it than with Windows anti-malware. J > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, June 04, 2009 12:21 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Mac Anti-Malware > > > > What is a good Mac OS X(?) Anti-Malware software? I have zero experience > with Mac's and was just instructed to begin looking for some software for > one. Anyone got a good recommendation they will offer up? > > > > Thanks and I am off to see what is out there. > > > > Jon Harris > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.53/2154 - Release Date: 06/04/09 > 05:53:00 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. Clarke > Sent from Haslet, TX, United States > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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