Carter Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) I'm currently in the middle of testing and reviewing 14 Mac Anti Virus applications and curious what everyone else is using for either home or work use? As we are an education institution we are mandated to have AntiVirus in place even if one thinks it's not required. My testing consists of the following applications and each install is on a fresh image/partition so there is no interference of having more than one on the same OS/Install: ProtectMac MacScan Kaspersky Avast (Beta) BitDefender Panda Security Symantic Intego Sophos MacKeeper McAfee iAntiVirus ClamXAV ESET Quick shot of partitions with a fresh image on each of OS X Lion 10.7.3 Edited February 28, 2012 by Carter 1
Arthur Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 My testing consists of the following applications Would you be able to test ESET CyberSecurity if it's not too late? We do not currently use any anti-virus software on our Mac's, but if we had to install one, it would probably be ESET's based on what NOD32 is like on Windows.
Carter Posted February 28, 2012 Author Posted February 28, 2012 Would you be able to test ESET CyberSecurity if it's not too late? We do not currently use any anti-virus software on our Mac's, but if we had to install one, it would probably be ESET's based on what NOD32 is like on Windows. I'll download their trial. They were one of the many companies I contacted but know body responded so I had left them out. .
mac_shinobi Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 probably not a good suggestion but deep freeze for mac --> Deep Freeze Enterprise Deep Freeze für Mac
Carter Posted February 28, 2012 Author Posted February 28, 2012 probably not a good suggestion but deep freeze for mac --> Deep Freeze Enterprise Deep Freeze für Mac Great suggestion but we actually already run it and still require Mac AntiVirus. Deep Freeze is a life saver but depending on a setup it cannot protect against all Spyware and Viruses. Great mention though!!! This will be my next project over the next year to see if I can find a way to not use DeepFreeze with scripts or an alternate program as it's very pricy. Tks! .
mac_shinobi Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Vipre as per there FAQ : GFI VIPRE Antivirus Business - FAQs Question: Does VIPRE Antivirus Business protect Mac platforms? Answer: Yes. We have a Mac client available, which supports OS X versions 10.5 (Leopard), 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and 10.7 (Lion).
Carter Posted February 28, 2012 Author Posted February 28, 2012 Vipre as per there FAQ : GFI VIPRE Antivirus Business - FAQs I would look at it but their site has nothing showing that it has a Mac product. May say they do but be great if they have a link on their site rather than having to contact them to find it or ask for a trial? .
mac_shinobi Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Think you have to click the trial button and register / sign up for it and then select to download the client for OS X ?? Not sure if @Millgate or @CPLTD can shed any light on the OS X Vipre Client trial ?
Carter Posted February 28, 2012 Author Posted February 28, 2012 Think you have to click the trial button and register / sign up for it and then select to download the client for OS X ?? Not sure if @Millgate or @CPLTD can shed any light on the OS X Vipre Client trial ? Registered and went to download the Business solution but it's just a .eve Windows install. I will not be contacting the site. If they can not put the Mac version openly on the website with information then they do not take the Mac version seriously which will be a waste of time to track down. Maybe down the road if they are really going to publicize it and put it out there. Thanks for the mention though!! They may have it in beta or something. .
Arthur Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 They may have it in beta or something. I was going to mention VIPRE too, but thought better of it when I saw that it was not available for home users yet... www.gfi.com/blog/vipre-mac/ http://i.imgur.com/uzS1I.png 1
Arthur Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Did you consider testing GateKeeper in OS X Mountain Lion, or is it a bit too early for that? As we are an education institution we are mandated to have anti-virus in place even if one thinks it's not required. Wouldn't XProtect be enough, or is the Mac anti-virus' main purpose to detect Windows viruses and trojans? They were one of the many companies I contacted but know body responded so I had left them out. Are the anti-virus apps listed in your first post all full versions and what will you be testing?
Carter Posted February 28, 2012 Author Posted February 28, 2012 I was going to mention VIPRE too, but thought better of it when I saw that it was not available for home users yet... www.gfi.com/blog/vipre-mac/ http://i.imgur.com/uzS1I.png I was able to sit in a chat session and talked to someone and I now have a download of the product for testing. Thanks for the info, I will add it to the list http://statica.cdngeek.net/images/smilies/smile.png .
Carter Posted February 28, 2012 Author Posted February 28, 2012 Did you consider testing GateKeeper in OS X Mountain Lion, or is it a bit too early for that? I'm sure GateKeeper will be a great addition to security in OS X ML but it will not be able to protect against all applications. Not all are via the App Store so not sure how it will work outside of the realm Wouldn't XProtect be enough, or is the Mac anti-virus' main purpose to detect Windows viruses and trojans? I had brought up the OS X security enhancements in the past couple years but the auditors still say we need to have something in place. As they say, better to have something in place even if it's never needed. That said I may have to do more research into it and see what I can come up with and see if it would make them happy. DeepFreeze and XProject would be good enough IMO but for those machines that are not using DeepFreeze will Xproject handle all Virus and Spyware is the question. If Apple wants to pust XProject as a Malware/Spyware & Virus solution they need to put some real steam behind it and push it to the public! Are the anti-virus apps listed in your first post all full versions and what will you be testing? The first thing I've been looking at for each solution which is one of the top key features is "Scheduling". Where we run DeepFreeze, if we do not have fine grain scheduling it will make the product obsolete and useless. With the scheduling I'm looking at ease of install, user interface & options ..... and of course once I have it down to a select few it will then come down to pricing of course lol .
Carter Posted February 28, 2012 Author Posted February 28, 2012 Would you be able to test ESET CyberSecurity if it's not too late? We do not currently use any anti-virus software on our Mac's, but if we had to install one, it would probably be ESET's based on what NOD32 is like on Windows. Just wondering, why did you say it would probably be ESET? .
Arthur Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Just wondering, why did you say it would probably be ESET? Having used NOD32 on Windows PCs both at home and at school, I can't think of anything bad to say about it (or even ESET themselves). It does its job extremely well, is easy to manage and doesn't slow your computer down to a crawl or nag you every five minutes (like Norton or many of the free anti-virus programs do). Hopefully CyberSecurity will be just as good as its Windows counterpart?
Arthur Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Btw, if you need some Windows viruses and trojans to test the Mac A/V with, the Malware Domain List is a good place to start.
glennda Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 I have to say having recently purchased a site license for Avast I've been really happy with it. In terms of previous A/V i've used It has been a hell of a lot simpler to install/manage compared with both sophos/mcrappy. I did look at trend and Vipre but for features and cost Avast won hands down.
mac_shinobi Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 I was able to sit in a chat session and talked to someone and I now have a download of the product for testing. Thanks for the info, I will add it to the list http://statica.cdngeek.net/images/smilies/smile.png . Any chance you can let us know how Vipre vs Eset are compared to each other. I would be interested in Vipre for home user ( but as per your link states only for business use sigh:(
Carter Posted February 29, 2012 Author Posted February 29, 2012 Any chance you can let us know how Vipre vs Eset are compared to each other. I would be interested in Vipre for home user ( but as per your link states only for business use sigh:( I did test Viper and certainly not on my radar of a top product. It's a very simple product if that's what you want but for us it would not work. Scheduling of program and definitions with a fine grain schedule is the big thing for us which this does not have plus seems very consumer based compared to other products. . 1
Carter Posted March 1, 2012 Author Posted March 1, 2012 Any chance you can let us know how Vipre vs Eset are compared to each other. I would be interested in Vipre for home user ( but as per your link states only for business use sigh:( I talked to a Rep today and the home Consumer version is scheduled for this year. They have spent a lot of time beefing up the Windows client and now soon the Mac client. I will be talking to a Rep and an engineer on Monday to go through the product more. They want to know my thoughts and feedback to see if they can help out and see if the product can be adjusted to meet our needs.
mac_shinobi Posted March 1, 2012 Posted March 1, 2012 I talked to a Rep today and the home Consumer version is scheduled for this year. They have spent a lot of time beefing up the Windows client and now soon the Mac client. I will be talking to a Rep and an engineer on Monday to go through the product more. They want to know my thoughts and feedback to see if they can help out and see if the product can be adjusted to meet our needs. That would be great because Vipre is meant to be really good. Not to say the other ones are pants as am sure Eset and others are good too. But also good that they are quick to the mark to ask and talk to you about what you think they could do to improve it and work with you on it. Would be good if they both had a console on both platforms that was the same to navigate and would allow you to * Schedule when updates are done * Remotely install the client and update Along with all the other features the console gives you to ensure all clients are the latest version and latest AV Defs etc etc
morganw Posted March 1, 2012 Posted March 1, 2012 Just wait a while and get the new OS X. The viruses won't run unless you buy them from the AppStore.
mac_shinobi Posted March 1, 2012 Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) Btw, if you need some Windows viruses and trojans to test the Mac A/V with, the Malware Domain List is a good place to start. Windows is a paid for virus, isn't it ?? Quite an expensive one at that too !! Edited March 1, 2012 by mac_shinobi
Carter Posted March 1, 2012 Author Posted March 1, 2012 Just wait a while and get the new OS X. The viruses won't run unless you buy them from the AppStore. I don't have much faith in this as here are many applications out there that do not run through the app store. I know many will run through the app store and register for the Developer ID but this is not a full brick wall to guard against malware/viruses. This is a great tool to help build more secure applications but there will. E ways around it
morganw Posted March 1, 2012 Posted March 1, 2012 Out of interest, who mandates that you must have anti-virus software on your Macs?
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