Antivirus on Windows home network/domain
As the title suggests, I have a relatively new Mac on a primarily Windows home network (some Linux also). I have file servers, domain controllers, etc. I did have Norton Security installed for about 2 mos., which didn't cause any immediate issues, save a possible GUI bug (progress bar under Downloads stack wouldn't go away if downloading after switching graphics). I say possible, because I did a clean install and did not reinstall NS, so I cannot prove it was the issue. I have read many other threads ad infinitum about not needing anything on the mac as far as internet security goes--and I'm fine with that. What I am concerned about, however, is passing things along to Windows machines, or worse, servers. Does anyone else have macs without AV in this kind of environment, either at home or in the enterprise? The mac is mine and only mine, fwiw, and I never even got anything on my Windows machines, short of cookies. Nobody else will be using it in this situation, so actual threat environment is pretty minimal. I do use the servers for video, music, backup and secure document storage, among other things--but not business-dependent and more for convenience and structure at home. All other machines have AV. Linux machines have only passive scanning (no real-time) or, for Linux file servers, scan on write. Any advice or experience in this situation is greatly appreciated.
My colleagues at work thought I was crazy to even consider going without any AV, but our infrastructure at work is very large, convoluted, and extraordinarily business-dependent and ultra-high availability. I do not bring my mac there, because Symantec Endpoint is required, as are certain levels of permissions granted to admins and desktop support -- none of which I want having access 🙂
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), OS X Yosemite (10.10.4), Discrete graphics