Computer Viruses
Anti-virus software
The University computers are loaded with McAfee antivirus software to help protect against malicious software and viruses. You can scan any drive for viruses using McAfee's VirusScan On-Access Scan (see instructions below).
E-mail and viruses
The email system has its own antivirus software which scans incoming and outgoing email and removes suspected viruses automatically.
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Scanning for viruses
- You can scan any drive for viruses. In this example we are going to use a floppy disk as the place to scan.
- Open My Computer and right-click on 3.5" Floppy (A:) icon.
- In the pop-up menu choose SCAN FOR VIRUSES
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- The VirusScan On Demand window pops up and begins scanning for viruses automatically.
- Any viruses found will be either deleted automatically or removed to a quarantine area.
- If you want to stop the scan click on the Stop button.
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- To scan somewhere other than a floppy disk, just right-click on the drive or individual folder you wish to scan.
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Protection off-campus or in Halls of Residence.
We recommend that you install a virus checker such as AVG (free.grisoft.com) and use software like SpyBot (www.safer-networking.org) to help protect your computer from other malware. If using Microsoft Windows you should also enable windows updates (www.windowsupdate.com) |
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