Unmanaged PCs owned by the University and Home PCs

Managed PCsĪll IT Services managed PCs have their firewall settings configured by IT Services so there is nothing more you need to do. A firewall will help to protect you against hackers, some kinds of malware, and other malicious network traffic. There are a number of anti-virus apps available for iOS but we do not recommend installing these.Īs well as up-to-date anti-virus software, you need to make sure that you have a firewall switched on. There are a number of anti-virus apps available for Android, but we do not recommend installing these.Īpple perform their own scans to ensure that the App Store is kept free of malware.

You can't be certain that these app stores check their apps thoroughly for malware, so for security reasons it should be disabled. The most common reason to enable this option is to install apps from alternative Android app stores.

Scroll down until you see Unknown Sources and make sure this is set to Off.

The following instructions are based on the stock version of Android 5 Lollipop - other versions may differ slightly. You can protect your Android device by making sure that the option to install apps from unknown sources is disabled (this is the default on most Android devices). Google perform their own scans to ensure that the Play Store is kept free of malware.

About File Quarantine and Known Malware Detection in OS XĪnti-virus software is not required for Linux devices as these are far less prone to malware than Windows devices.

OS X will actively try to prevent you from opening files that could potentially harm your Mac and so third party anti-virus software is not required: This automatically scans new files, running processes and memory for infections. Your anti-virus software must have on-access scanning (sometimes referred to as 'real time' protection) switched on. Students can use Windows Defender for free: If you're using Windows 7, we strongly advise that you upgrade to Windows 10. Make sure that you have up to date anti-virus software installed on your Windows devices. Most anti-virus applications have this switched on by default.

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