Virus Information
This page has been put together to assist you in avoiding viruses, as well as cleaning up after your machine has been infected.
How to avoid viruses
The golden rule of viruses is:
Prevention is better than cure. If you receive an e-mail that isn't expected,
phone or otherwise check directly with the sender to ask if it's legitimate.
This is because a number of viruses actually makes it look as if your
friend sent it to get you to open the destructive content. If it is not
legitimate, contact IT
JobDesk.
Following this rule will keep you safe from the vast majority of viruses
going around the internet.
Hoax Virus Information
If you receive a suspicious e-mail, please do not mail
all your friends or people on your email lists as this tends to create
alarm and wastes a lot of time when it may not be necessary. It can also
slow down network traffic significantly.
Some e-mails you receive may be hoaxes that are mean't
to look like a virus, but really aren't. They tend to suggest that if
you don’t do this or that, then you could be at risk of something
deleting all your files. The problem with hoaxes is they often ask you
to delete files that are critical for system operation, and if you follow
their instructions then you may actually damage your computer. Visit the
ITS
Virus Web Page for further information.
SOPHOS Antivirus Software
Monash has recently introduced a new anti-virus product
called Sophos Sweep Anti Virus (Sophos SAV). To find out more about Sophos,
visit the ITS Sophos Website.
Home Use
The licence that Monash ITS has for the Sophos Sweep product allows for home
use. The home version of the installation program can be found at the
ITS web-link: http://www.its.monash.edu/staff/software/antivirus/home.html
Please visit the ITS
Sophos Home Use site for current information.
Links
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Contains information on the latest viruses.
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Information on using and installing SOPHOS.
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Information on Monash's suite of anti-virus software tools which it uses.
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Lists information on current viruses.
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