Antivirus Service

Antivirus service

The Antivirus service is reserved only to teachers and TA staff

With the introduction of Presidential Decree 28 July 1999 no. 318, the "measures necessary to guarantee the security of personal data" have been defined and contain some mandatory rules.

Anyone who processes personal data using networked computers must "protect computers against the risk of intrusion by virus programs, using suitable antivirus software, whose effectiveness and updating must be checked at least every six months".

Failure to provide "suitable" antivirus or its failure to update is penalized by art. 36 of the Privacy Law.

To comply with this requirement, a contract was made to protect all the computers in the Department.

There are two different procedures depending on whether it is a desktop or laptop PC. The installation procedure is very simple.

Desktop PC

• download the antivirus from https://antivirus.mfn.unipmn.it (once the executable is started it takes up to 15 minutes in a silent manner, ie without showing any dialog boxes; make sure you have no other antivirus installed).
• bring the file to the computer where it is to be installed, unzip it and proceed with the installation.
• do not change any options during installation
• the computer can now be connected to the network

Definition updates are downloaded from our server within the Department.

Laptops/portable devices

For laptops, another installation procedure is required which involves updating the antivirus directly from the manufacturer's servers as opposed to our internal server. This allows updating even when the computer is outside our University network.

In this case:

• Register at www.sophos.com
• Log in to the site in order to download the installation file
• Download from "Endpoint and Server Protection" the antivirus for the version of your operating system (available for Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows) - Standalone Installers  https://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/downloads.aspx. Please note: before installing, contact the IT Systems office (si.disit@uniupo.it) to request login and password details to access the update server
• Proceed with installation
• do not change any options during installation, it is only necessary to enter the login and password provided by the IT Systems office