Hahaha I have to agree .. I also run Sophos on my macs .. im also not as smart as John Strand .. and I am Australian .. I don't have much going for me here do I??
DAMMIT Ash D From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeremy Pommerening Sent: Saturday, 25 August 2012 2:16 AM To: PaulDotCom Security Weekly Mailing List Subject: Re: [Pauldotcom] AV for OSX I run Sophos on my MAC and don't notice any performance hit. But I am NOT as smart as John Strand. Jeremy Pommerening CISSP,GCFA,GPEN,GAWN,GCFW, MCSE Win2K, MCSE NT4 From: xgermx <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: PaulDotCom Security Weekly Mailing List <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [Pauldotcom] AV for OSX I like that analogy Chistopher. I've been running Sophos for a couple days now and it's stayed out of my way for the most part. Even if I decide to turn it off, I'll keep it installed for one-off scans. Thanks all. On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Christopher Croad <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I have mixed feelings. I figure AV is at best 30% effective, and I know I can keep my Mac pretty secure without it. Still, I run Sophos on my Mac and it doesn't get in the way. If it did, I would have no issue in shutting it down. AV is like seatbelts on an airplane. They provide a little security during bumpy flights, but a lap belt isn't going to do much when the plane is rocking and rolling ( or crashing). Chris Croad -----Original Message----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Josh More Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 11:23 PM To: PaulDotCom Security Weekly Mailing List Subject: Re: [Pauldotcom] AV for OSX 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 <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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. > > -- > Michael D. Wood > ITSecurityPros.org<http://itsecuritypros.org/> > http://www.itsecuritypros.org/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] > On Behalf Of Alex Kornilov > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 10:55 AM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Pauldotcom] AV for OSX > > 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. > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com/ _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com/ _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com/ _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com/
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