Virus Protection

Rice offers antivirus software for your personal home computer or Rice-administered computer. This software is free to all current faculty, staff and students at the university.

• Trend Micro Officescan for Rice-administered Windows PCs
• Trend Micro PC-Cillin for personal home Windows PCs
• Legacy Antivirus Software for Mac, Linux and Solaris

If you wish to install antivirus software on your own personal computer, follow the link for PC-Cillin. For a Rice-owned computer on the Rice network, follow the link for Officescan or contact IT for assistance.

About Malicious Software

This series of articles offers information explaining malicious software, how to protect yourself from it, and forged e-mails. All computer users should have a knowledge of this material in order to properly protect themselves.

• Malicious Software: Worms, Viruses and Spyware Fact Sheet
• Malicious Software: Protection Advice for Windows PCs
• Malicious Software: Protection Advice for Macs & UNIX Systems
• Malicious Software: Recognizing Fake E-mail

Questions, Tips & Help

• Safe computing concepts and virus prevention
• Useful Links:
  • Apple Product Security Web Site
  • Microsoft Security Home Page
  • Trend Micro Virus Alert
    
• Submit a request for computing assistance

Questions or problems with this page should be directed to Carolynne White, cmwhite@rice.edu.