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Re: Mandatory Virus Protection on Student Computers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward Chase)
Tue Apr 9 14:57:10 2002
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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 14:38:36 -0400
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From: Edward Chase <echase@POSTOFFICE.PROVIDENCE.EDU>
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If I were a student at your school, I don't think I'd be too happy with you
automatically uninstalling the virus detection software I paid for.
We are considering having an anti-virus software requirement as part of our
usage agreement. We are considering having a campus wide anti-virus
license and distribution. However we're not going to automatically install
anything on a student's machine. We're planning to just say, "you're
required to have it and here's a way to get it free" In order for this to
work, you'll need to figure out how to deter people from not adhering to
the policy.
Good luck
At 11:14 AM 4/9/2002 -0500, Rebecca Zeeb wrote:
>Gustavus Adolphus College is a residential college with about 2400
>students. Our dorms are wired with 1 port per pillow. A large number
>of our students bring their own computers to campus.
>
>When a student plugs their computer into the network for the first time,
>they get an IP address that redirects them to a registration web page
>when they try to view an off-campus site. They must complete the
>registration process to receive a fully functional IP address.
>
>The College owns a site license for Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition
>that allows us to distribute it to our students for use on their
>personal machine. We would like to ensure that they have the Corporate
>Edition of Norton installed before we allow them to register their
>computer.
>
>One idea that we have is to run a script that determines whether or not
>they have our version of Norton installed before letting them register.
>Ideally, this script would uninstall any other virus protection, install
>Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition, and then take them to our
>registration page.
>
>Does anyone have any experience with this approach?
>--
>
>Rebecca Zeeb
>Residential Technology Coordinator
>Gustavus Adolphus College
>
>(507) 933-7130
>rzeeb@gustavus.edu
>
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