[olug] Mac OS X.3 AntiVirus

Daniel Linder dan at linder.org
Mon Apr 4 18:06:40 UTC 2005


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<quote who="Craig Wolf">
> Ok, I am getting tired of trying to explain to my users that opening
> macro ladened emails infects their machine and costs their boss money.
> I need an AntiVirus solution for these machines...any recommendations
> out there?  Won't touch CA products unless someone RAVES about it.
> (Been burned by them once.)  Looking at Symantec, McAfee, Sophos, and
> maybe Inteq VirusBarrier.

How about the GNU ClamAV?  Don't know about a Mac GUI client, but with
OS-X you should be able to have it scan in the background.  Don't know
about e-mail application integration on the Mac though.  I have it on my
Windows box scanning Outlook e-mails and it seems pretty un-intrusive.

Dan

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