Office of Information Services

Virus Protection Software 

UMB has a campus-wide software license agreement with Symantec Corp. UMB faculty, staff and students may obtain a copy of the Norton AntiVirus scanning software from the Software Licensing Office at HS/HSL for a $30 fee. Because virus infections are so common (one in every 300 e-mails is infected) and because a virus can be devastating to a computer and to the network hosting it, School of Medicine policy requires virus-scanning software to be installed, regularly updated and constantly active on every computer.

Wise computer owners will also install virus protection software on notebook computers and on home computers that connect to the Internet. Under the campus agreement you may install the Norton AntiVirus scanning software and virus definition files on your home PC. For more information or to obtain a copy, call Valerie Agwale (6-8166) in the Software Licensing Office or visit the Center for Information Technology Services (CITS) Web site: http://www.umaryland.edu/cits/software/.