Virus Protection

University Policy requires that a suitable antivirus product is used and regularly updated on all computers (Windows, Macintosh and other operating systems) connected to the University of Dundee network.

Matriculated students and Staff are licensed to use the University's anti virus software and may download it for personal use.

Download anti-virus software

For Apple Macs
For Microsoft Windows [UPDATED WITH VISTA]
Other operating systems

These pages are aimed at staff who have no IT support and students who wish to connect to the University network using their own personal computer/laptop/network device. These pages provide information on recommended anti-virus software to be installed together with useful information about recent threats and hoaxes.

If you have a concern about virus protection please contact your local IT support or the ICS Service Desk.

Important news:

If you're receiving this error message:
ERROR: Updates were not applied because packages were not in the repository:
VSCANCEU1000, EXTRADAT1000, BOCVSE__1000, VIRUSCAN
Please go to the knowledge base article below for more information
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB53932

More Important news:

McAfee ver 8.0 Hotfix

Problem: A component in the install of McAfee Enterprise 8.0i - the Common Management Agent - has a bug in it which means it crashes silently when handling large catalog.z files. This bug means that machines using the NAI repository (i.e. any non SOE machine) will apparently update successfully - no errors are raised and the log reports "Update successful" - but will not actually do anything. As such DAT updates after 2/2/2009 are never applied.

Full details of the problem can be found at

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB60060

This problem will therefore affect - and is currently affecting - any home machines, any laptops, and also any internal standalone machines which do not use the SOE

Possible solutions:
Upgrade to 8.7i here
If for some reason you don't wish to upgrade to the latest version...
A SuperDAT hot fix has been released and this is available here

Don't let your guard down!
Remember: Never open an email attachment unless you know what it is - even if it comes from someone you know and trust.

User guides & publications

Download anti-virus software

For Apple Macs
For Microsoft Windows [UPDATED WITH VISTA]
Other operating systems

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