[Casper] Mac anti-virus thoughts

[John Wetter]

We're running Symantec.  We centrally manage the Windows environment, but the mac environment doesn't allow the same integration at this point.  We've been told they are updating their whole line this fall sometime, but I haven't seen it yet.  We've looked at Sophos a couple times, but haven't been able to look at it enough to be convinced either way.  On many of our older macs we run into the same problem Nathaniel did with Sophos.  Everyone turns off the on-access scanners because they slow the computer down too much.  Also, in many of our labs, they're disabled because testing programs and some of our keyboarding programs go nuts.  So, I guess we are running AV, but I find myself asking why sometimes because it's disabled in most of the environments that I'd like to have an extra layer of protection on (labs and student use computers).  I've had NAV catch a couple macros my Windows counterparts have sent my way, but that's about it.  I got a NAV package made much more easily than I thought it would be.  I packaged it up with our settings and also with the updates that make some pieces in it universal.

-John


On 10/31/07 6:46 PM, "Jeff Johnson" <jeff.johnson at glendale.k12.wi.us> wrote:

I'd appreciate anti-virus recommendations from those of you deploy an AV
package in your environment as well as hearing any reasons why you don't
run one. We're about 99% Macs (mostly 10.4, a few 10.3 clients) and have
all Mac servers (all OS X).

Thanks in advance,

Jeff Johnson
Technology Coordinator
Glendale-River Hills School District
2600 W. Mill Rd.
Glendale, WI 53209
jeff.johnson at glendale.k12.wi.us

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John Wetter
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