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Re: Switching to Security Essentials
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher Hickernell)
Wed Mar 28 08:59:48 2012
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We switched from McAfee to ClamXAV on all University MAC's and also provide download links for the students. I believe the switch was made because of compatibility or performance issues that McAfee was causing on the MAC's.
Christopher Hickernell, CCNA, MCSE
Network Support Specialist, ResNet Manager
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Center for Computing Services
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Subject: Switching to Security Essentials
Hi Everyone,
We are considering dropping Symantec Endpoint for our students and recommending MS Security Essentials for the next academic year. For Windows users this is not a problem but for Mac users it creates a slight dilemma for us.
Our official policy is that students should be using some type of Antivirus software on their personal computers. We don't enforce this as a requirement but rather
just strongly recommend on our websites and documentation.
For Macs our experience has shown that viruses/malware are currently not a problem and that the antivirus software is for the most part unnecessary. But we still had the Mac version of Symantec Endpoint for those Mac users who wanted it. We are hesitant to say that Macs don't need antivirus software and perhaps give them a false sense that they are invulnerable to security attacks.
For those schools who did switch to Security Essentials I was wondering what kind of recommendations do you give to your Mac users?
Thanks
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