Celebrating 10 years office of information technology princeton oit. Symantec also provides an antivirus product, norton antivirus, for purchase. Vlc media player program for playing audio and video files. Duke oit sitelicensed software provides mcafee virus scan free to duke students, staff and faculty. However, such programs may not be downloaded onto a dkupurchased computer. Oit considers an alternate antivirus product for windows to be approved if.
Symantec endpoint protection removed from software. Oit software licensing go here to find helpful information about oit software licensing and its processes, as well as faqstyle answers to some of the most common questions about our software. Duke is offering the crowdstrike antivirus software free for personal computers for a limited time and on a voluntary basis. The technical support center is dedicated to providing the best technology tools and services to the students, faculty and staff of the fuqua school of business in order for them to pursue their academic goals as efficiently as possible. Many software packages are available for download from the oit software distribution site to. Changes to antivirus software at dukeapril 10, 2018. Version 17 includes the new 64 bit seqman ultra application and compatibility with macos 10. It takes a while for antivirus software to get to the point where viruses that. The software below is licensed by the university and available to download for free in order to assist students, faculty, and staff with essential academic, research, business and other tasks. Many software packages are available for download from the oit software distribution site to be installed on your computer. The oit service desk, at 9196842200 or at the link in perkins library, can assist with installation of symantec virus protection on your personal machines.
Duke has also licensed password manager software that helps you set and use strong passwords for all your online accounts. Departmental and central it departments ensure that each dukeowned device has appropriate antivirus software for. Two versions of the software are available from the duke oit software site. Cosmicduke malware the new miniduke virus definition. Redownload your order package and reattempt your software download. More than 100 software packages are available to staff, students and faculty for free or at a steep discount. Antivirus options for personal use are available from software. Oit does not provide technical support for any approved alternate antivirus product. Symantec endpoint protection removed from software offerings.
A recent aolncsa study found that 8 out of 10 computers connected to the internet were found to be infected by spyware after being scanned, but only 53% thought that they might have spyware on their pc. Download the new software from the oit site use your netid and password to log in. Oit provides this software to the duke community free of charge. Planisphere is a web application that allows primarily it staff to monitor endpoint management systems including network traffic and registrations. The new report phish to duke button is in all outlook email clients windows, mac, web, android and iphone. This is software that lets you put all your passwords in one very safe location and that helps you create and use strong passwords when logging into other websites. Try turning off any security programs that you have on your computer. This will allow faculty, staff and students to protect their home computers using the same technology currently in place for duke owned computers. Oit offers software to active students, faculty, and staff at reduced or no additional cost. In a rails application, ddrantivirus will log messages to the rails logger by default.
First, new technologies are emerging, as a result, the equipment is being improved and that, in turn, requires software changes. If the software program is limited to use only on dukeowned computers, you may download and use the program on any dukeowned computer such as your faculty laptop brought with you to dku. Changes to antivirus software at duke dukecard duke. The following is a list of some key software available through duke oit and duke law academic technologies, as well as some resource software for special needs such as the media players, etc. Personal machines must have software updates applied, antivirus installed, and hard drives encrypted if laptops. Illustrator cs6, autodesk robot structural analysis professional 2019 full version, photoshop for designers.
In keeping with nc states antivirus software requirements, you must have. Starting from this web page, you can perform subscription options, unsubscription, archives, list management and so on. Duke oit virtual computing manager for virtual machine. Subscribe to the oit software licensing email list to receive updates when new software items are available. Oit does not provide antivirus software for student computers. Apr 20, 2020 this software is available to duke faculty, staff, and students at no cost through oit.
Instead, duke oit recommends using one of many popular free options such as windows defender antivirus, bitdefender antivirus free edition, or avast free antivirus. Dukes protected network meets these requirements and provides a secure environment for the storage and analysis of sensitive research data. Itso also recommends free antivirus software for personal computers via. Routinely back up your data, and verify you can restore from the backup. Apr 09, 2018 instead, duke oit recommends using one of many popular free options such as windows defender antivirus, bitdefender antivirus free edition, or avast free antivirus.
Departmental and central it departments ensure that each dukeowned device has appropriate antivirus software for security. Suggested free and for pay options are documented on the software site. Oit holds a yearlong staff development program, the oit. If the software program is limited to use only on duke owned computers, you may download and use the program on any duke owned computer such as your faculty laptop brought with you to dku. The software runs silently with no user interface or icons. Flash array storage in oit, charley kneifel 5 minute presentation5 minute discussion.
Being in it, i can take these back to the people i support. Secondly, the needs of users are growing, requirements are increasing and the needs are changing for cu boulder oit software. Use vpn to connect from offcampus or eduroam to connect all over the globe. Software distribution the office of information technology suggest that you find a free virus software for use on your computer. The protected network offers the following security measures. How to stay cyber resilient and protect personal information during. What virus protection program does oit recommendsupport. Oit s software department works fulltime to negotiate dukewide software licenses with the worlds leading software developers. Zoom gives groups ranging in size from two to 300 the opportunity to meet using video, phone, computer or mobile device and provides the ability to share their screens if desired. Duke has licensed lastpass premium for all community members. Also, a series of new webinars to get up and running on remote working tools has been scheduled. Nc state antivirus resources office of information technology. Antivirus and malware protection duke university oit. Duke is partnering with crowdstrike to protect duke owned and personal computers from viruses and malware.
Software is made available to you based on the following criteria. This will allow faculty, staff and students to protect their home computers using the same technology currently in place for dukeowned computers. Itso also recommends free antivirus software for personal computers via duke s software site. Duke is partnering with crowdstrike to protect dukeowned and personal computers from viruses and malware. Mcafee security offers simple and effective virus protection to help ua students, faculty and staff protect data and identity across connected devices. The main new miniduke backdoor aka tinybaron or cosmicduke is capable of. Antivirus software it security office duke university. Office of information technology 202014 annual report. Phishing and virus attack alerts it security training and outreach. Stay current on new releases, patches, expirations, and other important oit software news.
Install symantec, following the instructions for mac and windows. Notre dame provides malwarebytes antivirus and fireeye endpoint protection software for universityowned systems. To help keep colleagues working together effectively when separated by distance, duke provides an array of free collaboration tools and has put together new guides for working remotely for staff, faculty and students. Students, faculty, and staff using personallyowned systems should obtain antivirus software for their systems. User account this area is restricted to duke university students, staff, faculty, alumni, emeritae, and affiliates. Departmental and central it departments ensure that each duke owned device has appropriate antivirus software for security. In honor of cybersecurity awareness month download a free version of symtantec. However, symantec endpoint protection antivirus and cisco anyconnect are. Oit s software department works fulltime to negotiate duke wide software licenses with the worlds leading software developers. At the end of june 2005, the internet storm center estimated that a new unprotected windows pc survived about 30 minutes before. Apr 10, 2018 changes to antivirus software at dukeapril 10, 2018. This ensures the safety of the network and computers from malicious activity. Glossary of antivirus terms office of information technology.
While these software solutions are recommended and in use by many duke it security office members on their home computers, you are welcome to use any solutionfree or otherwise. Oit has dozens of eprint locations, plus physical and virtual computer labs across campus. Falcon prevent for home use agent for installation on home computers windows only. Uninstalling other antivirus products from windows.
Oit does not provide antivirus software for personally owned computers. The it security office itso also recommends several free antivirus software products for personal computers dending on your type of device and operating system. In addition to your using a strong password, consider creating an administrative account, separate from your daily use account, for installing software and changing configurations. Oit cannot endorse any antivirus product for windows or os x at this time. Antivirus software duke intalls antivirus software on all duke owned devices.
Approved alternate antivirus products office of information. Faculty and staff can also submit a help request for software to be installed on their workstations note. Available software office of information technology. Before downloading available software, you will be asked to provide your campusid and password.
Security services office of information technologies. Technical support center online dukes fuqua school of business. Software from oit that may be of particular interest to fuqua faculty includes. Mcafee virus protection office of information technology. Sdc file in the folder to which you tried to download the software. From duke oit s main site license web page you can view a list of software titles in a variety of categories. Starting in october as part of national cyber security awareness month, duke staff, faculty and students can report suspicious emails with one click of a button. Crowdstrike antivirus software available free for home use april 15, 2020 in an effort to help protect faculty, staff and students working from home, duke has partnered with crowdstrike to pilot falcon prevent for home use, a nextgeneration antivirus solution designed to protect personal computers against malware, ransomware, and other cyber.
Provide assistance concerning the use of computer hardware and software. If your software is causing problems with the operation of your computer, then we may be able to help. It has been evaluated and certified by avtest with a protection score of 3 or higher not the performance or usability score. Access duke s robust wireless and wired data network throughout the university.
Apr 05, 2018 antivirus options for personal use are available from software. Duke is it security checklist antivirus and antispyware. Antivirus software office of information technology. Antivirus software duke intalls antivirus software on all dukeowned devices. To address this situation, the office of general counsel gave oit software. This server provides you access to your environment on mailing list server.
Nc state to celebrate cyber security awareness month 2017 oit electronic. Jan 16, 2018 the office of information technology suggest that you find a free virus software for use on your computer. For pendos ciso, cybersecurity is a team sport pendo blog. To use the duke oit ldap service in addressing an email with outlook express, you just type the name of the person you want to send to in the to.
Active firewalls, antivirus and antispyware programs can interfere with the download. If your technical support is provided by oit, please send your request to the it service desk. Using uptodate antivirus software has reduced the number and severity of virus. See photos, profile pictures and albums from duke students.
The two most popular programs that respondents use are symantec and mcafee. Layer effects buy it now, autodesk autocad lt 2009 portable. Antivirus duke oit recommends the following av software for personally owned computers. Technical support center online dukes fuqua school of. As an information technology analyst with duke health technology solutions, jeremy honzik understands the importance of keeping data secure. July 18, 2001 by duke chronicle print archives issuu. Duke oit has a handy webex faq page thats worth checking out. Chuck spent seven years as the ciso for the duke university health. You can follow this link to oit s software site and this link to our supported software list.
Duke negotiates with vendors to make software available to the duke community for discounted rates or, in many cases, for free. Windows defender comes with windows 10, bitdefender, avast. Christopher burton system administrator north carolina state. Crowdstrike antivirus software available free for home. Help contents duke university academic software discounts. Oct 18, 2017 as an information technology analyst with duke health technology solutions, jeremy honzik understands the importance of keeping data secure. Oit provides antivirus software for all uc merced staff, faculty, and students. This software is used to detect and remove viruses and malicious. More information is available in personal device security guidelines. For information on obtaining antivirus software and the latest virus threats at duke, please see the oit helpdesks virus. Feb 26, 2020 providence, ri 02903 oit pagesantivirus. Dukes license for symantec endpoint protection software is coming to an end and the software must now be removed.
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