Vanderbilt’s McAfee VirusScan for Mac subscription is set to expire December 31, 2014. Vanderbilt licenses Microsoft System Center EndPoint Protection (SCEP) as the preferred virus-scanning product through its Microsoft Campus Agreement. Vanderbilt will continue to offer VirusScan through December 31, 2015, providing customers with a year to migrate from VirusScan to SCEP. SCEP offers deployment and management tools, which are unavailable with VirusScan, and the software supports Windows, Mac and Linux devices.
Departments can download SCEP for Mac through the Software Store free of charge. Users may also download a free version of VirusScan through the Software Store or through the VUIT antivirus site during the year 2015.
Take note of the following for 2016:
- VUIT will no longer offer VirusScan for Mac.
- Departments may use SCEP for virus protection on their Macs.
- VUIT will update its antivirus site to include links to free products recommended by independent test labs. Employees and students who own a Mac may wish to use one of these free products.