Re: question about Avira vs Sophos AV on a Mac

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On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Beyette, Jeremy <
jeremy.beyette () rochester edu> wrote:

> Tim,
>
> We use Sophos Endpoint on our University owned Macs and recommend Sophos
> to personally owned Macs.  I can’t speak to Avira as I haven’t used it, but
> we’ve been happy with Sophos.  While it’s not a perfect product, Sophos
> Support is great to work with and is very responsive to issues with the
> product.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeremy Beyette, GSEC, GCWN, NCA
> University IT Security and Policy
> University of Rochester
> http://www.rochester.edu/it/security
>
> On Mar 18, 2016, at 4:51 PM, Cline, Tim <Tim.Cline () UNC EDU
> <Tim.Cline () unc edu>> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> If you had to choose between putting Avira or Sophos as an AV product on
> student, personally-owned Macs, which would you choose?
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Tim Cline
>
> Tim Cline
> Information Security Specialist
> Information Security Office / Information Technology Services
> The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
> (919) 445-9388
> Tim.Cline () unc edu