Virus Protection
You are responsible for protecting your computer from worms, viruses, spyware and other harmful programs, generally called malware. We make it simple by providing anti-virus and anti-spyware software free of charge to all students. Of course, if your computer came with an anti-virus program or subscription, you are welcome to continue using it. You should only have one anti-virus program installed at a time.
Follow the links below to download Sophos Anti-Virus for your operating system. You can use Sophos Anti-Virus as long as you are enrolled as a student. You do not need to run any additional spyware detector or malware remover (e.g., SpyBot, AdAware) while Sophos is protecting your machine. And yes, Mac and Linux users are still vulnerable to viruses and malware without additional protection like Sophos Anti-Virus!
Please contact ITS if you suspect that you are infected with a virus and are unable to remove it yourself.
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
Vista and Windows 7 Users: Save the installer to your computer. Then, right-click on the file and choose Run As Administrator. If the installer is not given elevated privileges, it will not install correctly. This does not affect users of Windows 2000 or XP unless you are using a non-administrative account.
Please read the installation instructions carefully before installation.
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X 10.5.4 and higher (Snow Leopard)
Not available until September 30, 2010
Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X 10.4/10.5 (Universal)
Firefox Users: Be sure to right-click on the file and choose Save Link As… to save the file to your computer. Otherwise, the file will be displayed as jumbled text in the browser window.
Please read the installation instructions carefully before installation.
Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X 10.4/10.5/10.6/10/7
Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux
Please read the installation instructions carefully before installation. Contact ITS if you have any problems or suggestions.
