The general consensus here on JAMFNation seems to be that Sophos is the way to go, however, I have no interest in taking on the management of a yet another enterprise solution that requires a server-based console and management, strictly so some exec can check a box that says 'AV compliant on Macs'. If I'm going to end up paying licenses, then I want to make sure I'm getting something good.
They've gone to pay-for (which is totally understandable!). Naturally I'm inclined to go with ClamX, EXCEPT they are no longer a freeware company. Now at my new employment, we're again at a crossroads where none of my predecessors have bothered with modern AV and it's become my job to choose and deploy something. Once it was available, I moved to ClamXav and I've been quite happy with it for my own use.It was ok, but their business practices over the last few years has been reckless ('proof of concepts released into the wild to sell AV'). I don't think they'll be getting any more of our money or time, if I can help it. We use PGP here, so I've had plenty of dealings with Symantec.
No one had installed Trend on a Mac in ages and it wasn't even a package in Casper, so that should tell you how popular it was. Frankly cheaper, but not much better than Trend. Eventually the powers that be were convinced that Trend had to go and we've currently with SCEP on Windows. The number of re-images due to infection was excessively high, and techs had started installing WSE on PCs as a result.
After they sent me some very outdated Mac materials, I gave up on them.Īn independent review of various Mac AV client's effectiveness placed Sophos at the top in all categories but one (ESET was first in that category and second in all the others). I, too, wanted to try ESET before making my final decision but the help resources weren't as plentiful and, frankly, their sales people seemed uninterested in a small installation such as ours, and were rather "disengaged". I found that between JamfNation, and Sophos' own KB and communities that there were vast and rich resources to navigate me through most of the unknowns.
Their sales people connected me with technical people whenever I had questions during the free trial and were very helpful. Just finished a POC with the Sophos AV & Enterprise Console and was very happy with it (for my use - and usual disclaimers).
Not an Apple OS.) One that came to mind was Sophos', but I don't know if their Mac product is anything but the free home one I've seen (can't seem to find anything but that and their FDE for Mac solutions on their site). I'm open to other solutions, as long as they can run on Enterprise infrastructure (i.e. Does anyone currently manage it with Casper? What are your experiences, good/bad/indifferent? If Apple would let the server OS be virtualized in something like an Enterprise-level VMWare, this would be moot.
With Apple out of the Enterprise game, I'm not comfortable with a Mac Mini or Mac Pro in the datacenter, nor would our datacenter guys go for it.
I've given VirusBarrier a look and while I appreciate that it's Mac-centric, it's a bit *too* Mac-centric as it requires Mac OS X on the backend. Thankfully, I have the latitude to choose the solution that meets our needs. (We're piggy backing for now on their service.) We currently use McAfee Security for Mac, but it's resource heavy and it's serviced by another department. I'm interested in seeing what people use for their AV solutions.