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Anti-Virus Software

Overview

Effective May 11, 2009, UT Austin is not renewing its license for Symantec. The license expires on September 23, 2009. Please see the Replacement Project tab for more information.

ITS provides Microsoft Forefront Client Security for Windows and ClamXav for Mac OS X for use on and off campus by students, faculty, and staff at The University of Texas at Austin. Client software can be downloaded from the BevoWare site.

Microsoft Forefront Client Security for Windows provides:

  • Anti-virus protection with daily updates of virus definition files
  • Anti-spyware scanning
  • Anti-virus and spyware protection for Mac OS X users running the Windows operating system in a virtual environment

ClamXav for Mac OS X provides anti-virus protection with daily updates of virus definition files

Cost and Eligibility

ClamXav and Microsoft Forefront Client Security are provided at no cost to current students, faculty, and staff.

System Requirements

Please see the BevoWare Web site for the latest version of anti-virus software for your operating system. Installation instructions for each product may list additional requirements.