Rutgers Antivirus Solutions
News and Announcements
- McAfee Software Must Be Uninstalled
The Rutgers contract with McAfee, Inc. expires on the 30th of June, 2006. Therefore,
as of July 1, 2006, all McAfee software obtained free of charge under
the Rutgers site license must be removed from any system on which it is installed. Any
McAfee software that was purchased online or through a retail store is not subject to this
change.
For details about upgrading your desktop antivirus software on Windows platforms, please
visit the Announcing RADS 4.0 page.
If you are running
other McAfee software such as GroupShield, Virex, or ePolicy Orchestrator, please review
the information below to find out which software has taken its place.
- Trend Micro chosen to replace McAfee antivirus products
Trend Micro has been chosen as the vendor for site-licensed antivirus software. If
you would like to learn more about why Trend was chosen, feel free to review the
Antivirus Solution Evaluation document from the
Office of Information Technology.
Microsoft Windows - Desktops and Servers
- Rutgers Antivirus Delivery Service (RADS) -
Antivirus software for desktops and servers that also includes protection against spyware,
adware, malware, and grayware and includes a built-in firewall
(Replaces RADS 3.x and earlier as well as McAfee VirusScan)
- Rutgers HouseCall -
Rutgers HouseCall allows you to scan your system from anywhere that you have web access.
Simply open up a browser and navigate to the website, and you can immediately check your
system for viruses, trojans, spyware, and more!
(COMING SOON)
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Microsoft Windows - Servers ONLY
- ScanMail for Microsoft Exchange -
Antivirus software for Exchange 2000 or later servers that guards against viruses,
Trojans, worms, and other malicious code hidden in email attachments
(Replaces McAfee GroupShield)
- InterScan Messaging Security Suite with Spam Prevention -
Software that integrates high-performance antivirus and content filtering security --
plus Spam Prevention Solution with anti-spam and anti-phishing -- all in a single
platform at the Internet messaging gateway
(New software)
- Control Manager -
Web-based centralized management console designed to simplify enterprise-wide coordination
of outbreak security actions and management of Trend Micro products and services
(Together with OfficeScan Server replaces McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator)
- OfficeScan Server -
OfficeScan software is the technology behind the latest version of RADS. The server
piece of the software provides a web-based management console that allows you to manage
your own clients, application settings, and update policies.
(Together with Control Manager replaces McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator)
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Red Hat and SuSE Linux
- ServerProtect for Linux -
Antivirus software for desktops and servers that provides comprehensive real-time
protection and cleaning against computer viruses, Trojans, and worms
(New software)
- InterScan Messaging Security Suite with Spam Prevention -
Software that integrates high-performance antivirus and content filtering security --
plus Spam Prevention Solution with anti-spam and anti-phishing -- all in a single
platform at the Internet messaging gateway
(New software)
- Rutgers HouseCall -
Rutgers HouseCall allows you to scan your system from anywhere that you have web access.
Simply open up a browser and navigate to the website, and you can immediately check your
system for viruses, trojans, spyware, and more!
(COMING SOON)
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MacOS X
- ClamXav - ClamXav is a free virus
checker for MacOS X. It uses the tried, tested, and very popular ClamAV open source antivirus engine as a back
end.
(Replaces McAfee Virex)
- Rutgers HouseCall -
Rutgers HouseCall allows you to scan your system from anywhere that you have web access.
Simply open up a browser and navigate to the website, and you can immediately check your
system for viruses, trojans, spyware, and more!
(COMING SOON)
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Novell Netware
- ServerProtect for Netware -
Antivirus software for Novell Netware servers that provides comprehensive real-time
protection and cleaning against computer viruses, Trojans, and worms
(Replaces McAfee NetShield for Netware)
- Rutgers HouseCall -
Rutgers HouseCall allows you to scan your system from anywhere that you have web access.
Simply open up a browser and navigate to the website, and you can immediately check your
system for viruses, trojans, spyware, and more!
(COMING SOON)
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Sun Solaris
- ClamAV -
Clam AntiVirus is a GPL antivirus toolkit for UNIX. The main purpose of the software
is the integration with mail servers for attachment scanning.
(Replaces McAfee Command-line Scanner for UNIX)
- InterScan Messaging Security Suite with Spam Prevention -
Software that integrates high-performance antivirus and content filtering security --
plus Spam Prevention Solution with anti-spam and anti-phishing -- all in a single
platform at the Internet messaging gateway
(New software)
- Rutgers HouseCall -
Rutgers HouseCall allows you to scan your system from anywhere that you have web access.
Simply open up a browser and navigate to the website, and you can immediately check your
system for viruses, trojans, spyware, and more!
(COMING SOON)
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Other UNIX Platforms
- ClamAV -
Clam AntiVirus is a GPL antivirus toolkit for UNIX. The main purpose of the software
is the integration with mail servers for attachment scanning.
(Replaces McAfee Command-line Scanner for UNIX)
- Rutgers HouseCall -
Rutgers HouseCall allows you to scan your system from anywhere that you have web access.
Simply open up a browser and navigate to the website, and you can immediately check your
system for viruses, trojans, spyware, and more!
(COMING SOON)
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