I don’t want to switch right now, can I keep using McAfee? Yes, please contact our technology support center and one of our staff would be happy to walk you through the installation process I’m not comfortable updating my computer, can I get help? You can continue to use your computer while DoIT installs the software as we have not seen any noticeable performance impact on the desktop PC. Yes, during the installation you will see the McAfee v-shield icon disappear and be replaced by a shield enclosed in a green box. Several departments will get the software each day with a completion date of April 27th for the entire campus to be moved over. If you have a PC and are not joined to Active Directory please see our software downloads page for the Forefront installer When is this happening?ĭoIT will begin installing Forefront the week of March 26th. No, if your computer is part of UMBC’s Active Directory this software will be automatically installed for you and McAfee will be automatically removed. Do I need to install anything on my work computer? I’m a Mac user, what does this mean for me?įor our Mac users we recommend using one of the free antivirus software packages listed below.
Security Essentials will automatically be updated every day as well as when you install your monthly system updates from Microsoft. It is a free download and will remove McAfee cleanly upon installation. There is also the added benefit of Forefront being less expensive than McAfeeįor our customers using McAfee at home we recommend installing Microsoft Security Essentials which is the home version of the client we will be using on campus. Microsoft antivirus/antimalware software (name Forefront) offers superior protection over McAfee.
If you have any questions please contact the technology support center at x53838. You do not need to do anything to get this software if your machine is in Active Directory as it will be installed automatically.
DoIT has been testing Microsoft’s Forefront software for eight (8) months and it has consistently exceeded McAfee detection and removal capabilities. This is being done to provide the campus with better virus and malware protection.
Starting the week of March 26th the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) will begin phasing out McAfee as our antivirus (AV) software and moving to Microsoft’s AV software named Forefront.
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