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Antivirus Software: It's required for all computers connected to SU's wireless or
wired network. The University's version of McAfee antivirus software is provided free of charge to
students, faculty, and staff under the following conditions:
Faculty and staff:
- McAfee is configured on all University-owned computers by school, college, and departmental computing support staff.
- Faculty and staff are eligible to have
one copy of McAfee installed on their personal computers after they have
attended the remote access security training.
- Questions: Contact your departmental computing support staff
Residential students:
Students living in University-owned housing are required to have a current version of antivirus
software running on their computers. A list of recommended antivirus software is available on the
ITS Student Antivirus Web page. McAfee will automatically be installed during the computer registration process when no antivirus software is detected on student-owned computers.
Residential students who need McAfee reinstalled on their computers should go to an ITS Student
Computing Support Center.
Questions: Contact ITS at consult@syr.edu or 443-2677.
Students living off campus:
Off-campus students are required to purchase antivirus software for their computers. A list of
recommended antivirus software is available on the ITS Student Antivirus Web page.
Questions: Contact ITS at consult@syr.edu or 443-2677.
Operating System Updates:
Automatic updates should be enabled on all personally owned computers connected to the SU network. For more information:
Connecting to SU computing resources from off-campus
- SU's Virtual Private Network (VPN):
VPN provides a secure connection to SU information resources and services from off-campus locations, protecting the privacy of information/data that is exchanged over the Internet between the computing device and the SU network.
- Remote Desktop:
This tool is used with VPN to provide employees secure access to information that is stored on their office computer.
- Terminal Server: This is a secure server used to store information that employees can access from off-campus locations after logging in with their NetID and password. The information that is stored on these servers cannot be downloaded onto insecure computing devices, such as laptop computers or thumb drives.
- More information: Go to the Remote Access Web page
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