Symantec AntiVirus

Overview

Symantec AntiVirus is the supported antivirus software by the University of Connecticut due to its reliability and compatibility with university systems.

Eligibility

Available to UConn students, faculty and staff for their on-campus and off-campus machines! It is important to note that our contract with Symantec states that home users are only allowed to install the antivirus on one machine.

Cost

Free.

Contractual Information

Established Terms of Contract:

• Start Date: 7/1


• Expirations Date: 6/30


• Renewed yearly

Distribution

Follow the link below for assistance with the download, install and setup for specific versions of Symantec AntiVirus for the PC and Mac:
http://antivirus.uconn.edu/ .

Click here for information about installing Symantec AntiVirus while off campus http://security.uconn.edu/guides/vpn.html

Special Needs

New Symantec Antivirus releases for both Windows 7 and Mac OS 10.6 are available and posted to the http://antivirus.uconn.edu website.

Please note that installation of Macintosh version of Symantec utilizes the consumer-based Norton suite, in lieu of Symantec not having a version of their corporate client available in time for the release of the new Mac OS (expected ETA = end of 2009). We have confirmed that this version of NAV will not expire as do other version of NAV, but will require folks to remove any version of SAV-Mac already installed on their system.

Instructions on how to remove prior versions (for both Win and Mac versions) are also posted in the installation instructions.

Other Information

For more information about viruses, including links to news stories and other recent network security issues, visit the University ITS security page, http://www.security.uconn.edu.

To completely uninstall Symantec from your machine you can download CleanWipe from the FTP server. You MUST read the removal instructions first!
ftp://ftp.uconn.edu/restricted/antivirus/uninstall.