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Re: Switching to Security Essentials
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Newton Munson)
Wed Mar 28 10:16:02 2012
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:15:18 +0000
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From: Newton Munson <newt@vims.edu>
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I have been using Microsoft Security Essentials on my wife's PC and
Windows laptop for a couple years. (I am a Mac user but she is a realtor
and must have Active X and IE to access a local MLS). Anyway, MSE has done
very adequate virus protection. However, all updates to MSE are posted by
Microsoft as optional updates. I don't allow optional MS updates on her
machines, but I do automatic updates of critical updates. I heard rumor
that there was something that could be done to make MSE updates post as
critical updates. I have Goggled that issue but find no answers.
Does anyone know how to make MSE updates post as critical updates such
that they will happen automatically if a machine is setup to auto update
critical MS updates?
- Newt -
Newton J. Munson
Chief Technology Officer (retired)
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
The College of William and Mary
phone: (804) 815-2999
On 3/27/12 5:00 PM, "Bruce Eisenhard" <bae2@LEHIGH.EDU> wrote:
>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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