Information Technology Services

Antivirus

AV on Personally-Owned Computers

A personally-owned computer is any student machine or faculty/staff machine that is not managed by ITS but that is being brought to campus to connect to the Clark network.

Your Responsibility

You are responsible for the behavior of any personally-owned computer that will be connected to the campus network (wired or WiFi). Therefore you must take all resonable precautions, including running antivirus software and keeping the virus definitions up to date.

To that end, the University has licensed Antivirus software for all faculty, staff and students. This coverage allows you to download and install Network Associates Antivirus (NAI) products for your personally-owned computer and to update it with newly released virus definitions as they are released.

Update Your AV

It is imperative that you keep your AV software up to date with the latest virus definitions or .dat files. The antivirus software the University provides is generally updated weekly. Make sure that you are getting those updates! If you aren't sure how to check that your AV is up to date, please contact the Help Desk or click here for directions on how to do so.

How to Run a Scan

It is important for the health of your computer to run a virus scan on a weekly basis. If you aren't sure how to run a scan, please contact the Help Desk or click here for directions on how to do so.