Symantec Endpoint Protection on Mavericks Reviews??

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Symantec Endpoint Protection on Mavericks Reviews??

It seems like everyone has a review or has reviewed Symantec Norton Internet Security and Norton Antivirus yet not too much has been tested or written on Symantec Endpoint Protection.

Unfortunately we are moving in a direction where we will be installing Symantec Endpoint Protection on all our macs and I am trying to find reviews, whether personal or professional, about SEP and macs.

I know Symantec products in general have been trashed on for mac for a while now but it seems I can't find a good AV test out there that includes it for Mac (as most only contain the two symantec products I mentioned above)

Anyone have any personal experience, or know of any testing done with the Symantec Endpoint Protection on macs within the past year?

Posted on Nov 11, 2014 7:45 AM

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Nov 11, 2014 7:52 AM in response to sullinatore

Yes. I used them for some time until they nearly destroyed my Mac. After which I have strongly recommended against the use of anything from Symantec once I found out exactly how much damage that had done to OS X. Plus on top of doing all of that damage their product do nothing good in return for all of the bad things they do. I suggest they be avoided.

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Nov 11, 2014 7:55 AM in response to Allan Eckert

Just to specify, you used Symantec Endpoint Protection? or did you use another product?

I have read the plethora of bad reviews on Norton Antivirus, however for SEP I haven't found anything.

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Nov 11, 2014 8:06 AM in response to sullinatore

I had the full suite.

There technical support was totally worthless. I would not trust them to help me with a paper shredder.

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Nov 13, 2014 4:59 AM in response to sullinatore

Hello Everyone,

I am Chetan Savade from Symantec Technical Support Team.

You can directly install an unmanaged or managed Symantec Endpoint Protection client on a Mac computer if you cannot use or do not want to use Remote Push. The steps are similar whether the client is unmanaged or managed. The only way to install a managed client is with a package you create with Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager. You can convert an unmanaged client to a managed client at any time by importing client-server communication settings into the Mac client.

Check the following articles:

Compatibility between Symantec Endpoint Protection for Mac and versions of Mac OS X

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH131045
Symantec Endpoint Protection for Macintosh Frequently Asked Questions (SEP for Mac FAQ)

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH134203

Send me DM here https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/user/chetan-savade if you need any assistance with SEP for MAC.

Best Regards,

Chetan

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