Desktop Virus Protection

In spite of centralized efforts to stop all email viruses before they get into campus computers, viruses can spread in other ways and can get past this line of defense.  For this reason, every computer user should make sure that they are running the latest and greatest in desktop virus protection software. All Windows users should also make sure that they have applied the most recent Windows Security Updates. If you go to the Windows Update site it will scan your computer and allow you to download the specific patches you need.  ITS pushes out critical updates to Windows machines for faculty and staff computers that are on the Wesleyan domain.  If your machine is indicating it needs to be restarted because it recently applied updates, you should restart your machine to ensure those updates are applied.

You can also configure your computer to download and apply these patches automatically. Click Here for instructions.

Faculty and Staff

Wesleyan currently has a campus license for ESET Nod32 software. It comes installed on all new computers and is updated on a regular basis from the central management console.  There is a home use version as well.  Faculty and staff who would like to obtain a licensed copy for home use can access this via EPortfolio (Tools and Links> Virus Protection Software - Home Use).

Students

ESET Nod32 software is available free to students. Students can obtain a serial number for their own licensed copy via the EPortfolio link (Tools and Links> Virus Protection Software - Home Use) The student Help Desk can assist you with this installation as well.