Antivirus
UCCS requires an approved antivirus program to connect to UCCS networks.
When Is Support Available For This Service
- Posted OIT Service Desk hours
- Other support will be provided by the individual antivirus program; i.e. contact Sophos for further assistance if that's the program that is installed
Faculty and Staff University Owned Computers
The following antivirus programs are pre-installed on Mac Images and Windows Images for University owned computers. These antivirus programs are managed and updated by the UCCS Security Team.
- Defender for MacOS
- Defender for Windows
Personally Owned Computers
Windows Systems:
- Authentium
- AVGuard
- Avira
- Bitdefender
- Comodo
- ESET (NOD32)
- EZ Antivirus
- Faronics
- Fortinet
- FSecureAntivirus
- Gdata
- Immunet
- iolo System Shield
- Landesk
- LightSpeed
- Malwarebytes Antivirus
- McAfee
- Microsoft Security Products -Microsoft has released a number of Anti-Virus programs with differing naming conventions. The listing is as follows:
- Windows Defender (Built into Windows 8, 8.1, and 10)
- Microsoft Security Essentials
- One-Care
- Forefront
- Panda
- PCtools
- SecureIT
- Sophos
- WebRoot (SpySweeper)
- Symantec and Norton
- TrendMicro
- Vipre Antivirus
- ZoneAlarm
Apple Macintosh Systems:
- Avira
- BitDefender
- Comodo
- ClamXav
- ESET
- iAntiVirus
- Intego
- MacKeeper
- McAfee
- Microsoft Defender
- Norton
- Panda
- Sophos
- TrendMicro
- Webroot