| Title | Created | Resolved | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Maintenance: Mediasite Classroom Capture | Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 6:00am | Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 6:00pm | VIEW |
| Service Maintenance: Router Upgrade (Network Outages) | Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 6:00am | Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 7:00am | VIEW |
E-mail Delivery and Antivirus
Antivirus software is one of the most important tools for safe-guarding your computer, vital information, and personal data from the daily onslaught of viruses and worms (many delivered to your computer via e-mail). Using a three-tiered approach, OIT applies antivirus technologies at the time of routing e-mail, for each e-mail server, and with each desktop e-mail protocol supplied to the campus.
Because of these antivirus technologies, many virus-infected e-mails will be captured before they are sent out from campus or before they are delivered to your e-mail account. However, that does not change the fact that all e-mail users must still be vigilant to limit the spread of viruses. If you have not already done so, you should install antivirus software and you should be fully aware of good antivirus computing practices. OIT recommends several antivirus solutions for CU-Boulder faculty, staff, student staff, and students. Choose the solution that best fits your needs and specifications.
Antivirus software available through OIT includes:
- For university-owned computers:
- For Windows XP, Vista and 7: Microsoft Forefront
- For Mac: Sophos Endpoint Protection
- For personally-owned computers:
- For Windows XP, Vista and 7: Microsoft Security Essentials
- For Mac: Sophos Home Edition
Before installing a new antivirus program, uninstall your current antivirus program.
The listed antivirus programs are available at no charge to CU-Boulder faculty, staff and students.
All CU-Boulder faculty, staff and student staff can download Microsoft Forefront to computers used for official university business. Mac's iAntiVirus and Microsoft Security Essentials are both available for free from their respective download sites.
Please reference the Antivirus page for detailed information regarding CU-Boulder's recommended antivirus solutions.