Antivirus Information—Software & Updates

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Cal Poly Pomona currently offers the McAfee antivirus software free for all staff and faculty members. Staff and faculty members are free to install the antivirus software on their office computers, servers, as well as home systems. However, the current McAfee license does not cover student computers. Students living with the dorms should check with their technical support person for information about available antivirus software.

Download McAfee Antivirus Software:

You may download the antivirus software from the Cal Poly Pomona network. Once you have successfully connected to the campus software share, browse to your appropriate software location (as shown below).

PC Users (Enterprise 8.5i with Patch 1): \\files.win.csupomona.edu\winlicense\faculty_staff\McAfee\VS_ent_8.5i_with_Patch_1.zip

Mac Users (for all currently supported versions (Mac OSX Tiger) and platforms (Power PC and Intel)): \\files.csupomona.edu\maclicense\faculty_staff\McAfee\VirusScan 8.5\

Update Your Antivirus Software - Virus Definitions:

New viruses are created and identified each week. Consequently, it is important that you keep your antivirus software up-to-date with the latest release of virus definitions.

Make sure you have McAfee 8.5i software installed; the manufacturer has already configured it to do automatic security updates.

Note: McAfee is pre-configured to do an auto update if your local campus IT professional installs it. Additionally, McAfee's EPO (ePolicy Orchestrator) agent is also installed, and the end-user does not have the option to change the security update schedule; the AutoUpdate happens automatically. The automatic update is enforced by campus policy (server side).

Note: For use at home, it is not necessary to install the EPO agent, but it is required for campus use. You can manually download the updates from your antivirus vendor or use the built-in update function within the software. For example, Norton uses its "LiveUpdate" feature to update its virus definitions whereas McAfee uses its "AutoUpdate" scheduler.

For McAfee Security Update Downloads, visit http://www.mcafee.com/apps/downloads/security_updates/dat.asp?region=us&segment=enterprise.
For the McAfee product guide, visit https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/supportcentral/supportcentral.do?id=m1 (Click on Product Documentation > Select Virus Scan).

Schedule an update within your McAfee or Virex application:

For the McAfee Enterprise Antivirus Update guide, visit http://www.csupomona.edu/~ehelp/docs/McAfee_Updates.pdf (Acrobat file).
For the Virex Antivirus Update guide, visit http://www.csupomona.edu/~ehelp/docs/Virex_Updates.pdf (Acrobat file).

Note: You must have Adobe Reader to open and view all PDF files with full functionality. To download Adobe Reader 8.1, visit http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.