Associate Provost
Information Technology

The University of Florida has purchased a campus wide license that covers all employees, students and faculty for McAfee VirusScan Enterprise  (VSE) products. AP-IT deploys the most current version of the VSE application to all managed machines for virus protection and updates the virus protection through a central administration console called ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO).

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) is a administartion application that allows AP-IT to centrally manage configuration, updates and policies for McAfee VirusScan and other McAfee products.

AP-IT has a stand-alone server that manages all AP-IT Windows and Mac computers.

There are alot of great antivirus software tools on the market today to help keep your computer save from malicious actions. Below are a few of the tested and trusted programs that are recognized as the best FREE antivirus tools. As with any PC security decision be sure to take the time to review each product and choose the one that you feel will best suite your needs.

McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise - The University of Florida McAfee licensing allows all Students, Faculty and Staff use of McAfee Total Protection Enterprise

Microsoft Security Essentials - Microsoft's free Antivirus suite for Windows systems

AVG Free - AVG provides a free Antivirus application for Windows systems

Clamwin - Clamwin is a free Open Source security suite for Windows systems

As operating systems (OS) become more popular so does the attraction to malware creators to exploit vulnerabilities. Its a common misconception that Mac and Linux are not targeted by malware attacks. The truth is that as these OS's have become more widely used malware detections for them have increased. There are a lot of great antivirus software tools on the market today to help keep your computer save from malicious actions. Below are a few of the tested and trusted programs that are recognized as the best FREE antivirus tools. As with any Mac security decision be sure to take the time to review each product and choose the one that you feel will best suite your needs.

McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise - The University of Florida McAfee licensing allows all Students, Faculty and Staff use of McAfee Total Protection Enterprise

ClamXav - "ClamXav is a free virus scanner for Mac OS X. It uses the very popular ClamAV open source antivirus engine as a back end and has the ability to detect both Windows and Mac threats."

Sophos Antivirus for Mac Home Edition - "it's free full-featured antivirus. You get business-grade protection for your Mac backed by our SophosLabs experts"