Office of Information Technology 

Anti-Virus Help
 

By following a few simple rules you can avoid problems with viruses.  Their are additional things you can do to better protect your computer like installing a personal firewall on your PC, but by following the above rules you are well on your way to safe computing.

For additional information please contact the OIT Helpdesk at (757) 823-8678.

Rule #1:

• Don't ignore the problem. Ignoring the problem will not protect you or make it disappear.
• Visit sites like http://www.trendmicro.com and http://www.microsoft.com to stay informed of virus and security threats.
• If friends send you warning about viruses you will want to visit http://www.vmyths.com/ to determine if it's a hoax or not.

Rule #2:

• Always use an anti-virus program and keep it's definitions up to date.
• OIT uses Norton anti-virus on all it's computers and pushes new definitions (also called signatures) out at least once a day.
• Norton anti-virus is a retail product but their are many free anti-virus products that are free to non-commercial users.
• Go to downloads for links to these products.

Rule #3:

• Keep your system updated. Microsoft is constantly releasing critical updates, service packs, and hotfixes.
• If you are running a version of Windows go to the Microsoft update site at http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com to check for any needed updates.

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