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Virus - General Information

Section 1.6 - 1.8 of the Computer Usage Policies state that

[ 1.6 Students must have AntiVirus software such as Norton or McAfee on their computers. (Students are responsible for purchasing the software).

1.7 Students must update Antivirus program definitions regularly.

1.8 Students must update and patch their operating system regularly to ensure system integrity and security. ]

All students should be familiar with the Computer Usage Policies & Procedures

What is a computer virus?

A computer virus is a program designed to spread itself by first infecting executable files or the system areas of hard and floppy disks and then making copies of itself. Viruses usually operate without the knowledge or desire of the computer user.

How computer viruses can spread?

When you execute program code that's infected by a virus, the virus code will also run and try to infect other programs, either on the same computer or on other computers connected to it over a network . And the newly infected programs will try to infect yet more programs.
When you share a copy of an infected file with other computer users, running the file may also infect their computers; and files from those computers may spread the infection to yet more computers.

What viruses can do to your computer?

Viruses are software programs, and they can do the same things as any other programs running on a computer. The actual effect of any particular virus depends on how it was programmed by the person who wrote the virus.
Some viruses are deliberately designed to damage files or otherwise interfere with your computer's operation, while others don't do anything but try to spread themselves around. But even the ones that just spread themselves are harmful, since they damage files and may cause other problems in the process of spreading.

What are some Anti-Virus programs?

Some of the more popular anti-virus programs available are: Norton Anti-Virus , Macfee, AVG, eTrust EZ Anti-Virus, and PC-cillin. Most of these anti-virus programs have virus updates that requires a paid subscribtion from the respected provider. To get Norton Anti-Virus from the University please click here. (NOTE: You must be on campus to download and install)


Usefull Links

Click here to get Norton Anti-Virus. ( NOTE: You must be on campus to download and install.)

Click here for more information on Windows Updates and instructions on running it

Click here for latest virus updates

Click here to go to Symantec's Virus Removal Tools page

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