Virus Protection Software
The University of Toledo has a new license for McAfee software. Students, faculty and staff are now permitted to purchase one license of the Windows client for home use. This software is available at Rocket Copy (419.530.4606) in the Student Union for a $5.00.
The McAfee Virus software has clients for Windows 95, 98, NT, ME, 2000, XP, and Vista based PCs and for Macintosh computers.
For any inquiries on virus alerts, virus scan updates, or McAfee's virus information library, please visit McAfee's parent company, Network Associates, for all the up-to-date information.
Ad-ware/Spyware
We currently recommend Ad-Aware SE as the program to use to for trackware solutions. With the ability to scan your RAM, registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data-mining, advertising, and tracking components, Ad-aware SE easily can clean your system, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web.
Ad-aware SE does an excellent job of quickly finding and removing most adware and spyware components, although you will have to restart and rescan for a seriously infected machine. We were pleased to see an auto-update feature included with the program, keeping Ad-aware up-to-date with the latest adware components. Ad-aware SE should be part of your arsenal for keeping your machine free of adware and spyware components.
You can download AD-Aware SE for free at www.download.com.
UT Network Security Advisors
Visit UT's Network Security Advisories page to view the currently listed threats.
Spam
Spam is unsolicited commercial email. Here at The University of Toledo, we reviewed several software solutions to combat spam and selected MailFrontier to assist us in this management effort . Visit MyUTAccount to set up your SPAM filter and eliminate all the many unsolicitated email in your inbox!
