Virus Protection

 

The University of New Hampshire practices defensive computing and is dedicated to providing the information and services needed to make your environment most secure. To that end, we have contracted with McAfee, leading maker of virus mitigation software for Windows, to help protect users of that operating system.  This contract allows us to provide McAfee VirusScan Enterprise with the Anti-Spyware Module to our faculty, staff, and students.
 

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Anti-Virus Software for Windows

Protect your Windows computer from viruses and spyware software.

While VirusScan will automatically check for virus definition updates daily, there are times when users may need to update the virus definitions and scanning engine manually (such as during an outbreak or if they have been quarantined on the UNH network).
 

McAfee ePO Agent allows UNH to automatically deploy the latest approved version of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise.  Offered as an optional download, this includes definition files (DATs), scan engine, extraDATs, hot fixes, policy updates and patches.

Anti-Virus Software for Mac OS X


If you have any questions, please visit the Dimond Academic Commons IT Support Center on level 3 (main level) in the Dimond Library or call the Help Desk & Dispatch Center at 603-862-4242.


From McAfee: Did You Know?

  • There were 357,820 unique pieces of malware identified for the year 2007
  • There have been over 711,000 pieces identified through July 2008
  • 137,000 in June and 231,000 in July 2008 alone
  • Over 50,000 samples are analyzed daily by AVERT
  • Over 3500 updates are added to DATs per day
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