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Symantec AntiVirus

Symantec Antivirus

A site license for Symantec AntiVirus allows all current Penn College employees and students to download and install this software on their home computers. (ITS installs and manages anti-virus software on all College-owned computers.) Penn College User name and Password are required.

Downloads

Installation Instructions

  1. Before installing Symantec AntiVirus on your home computer, uninstall any existing anti-virus software other than recent versions of Symantec, which will be updated automatically with this process.
  2. Download the appropriate Symantec Setup.exe file (see list of Downloads above).
  3. Enter your Penn College User name and Password when prompted. Precede your User name with "PCT\" (without quotes); for example, John Doe would enter PCT\jdoe.
  4. When prompted to save or run the file, choose run.
  5. Click OK or Next through the remaining screens to accept security warnings and default settings.
  6. Click Install on the final screen.
  7. A LiveUpdate screen will display after the software is installed; click Next to update your anti-virus definitions. (Allow computer to be restarted if prompted. If you receive an "Old Virus Definition File" warning, click Close.)

Live Update

With hundreds of new viruses hitting the Internet each month, we recommend updating your signature files (these are like fingerprints used to detect viruses) weekly. Symantec AntiVirus allows you to do this manually or to schedule automatic updates.

Manual LiveUpdate

  1. Open Symantec AntiVirus (Start menu > Programs > Symantec AntiVirus).
  2. Click on the LiveUpdate button.
  3. Follow the on-screen prompts.
  4. When update is complete, Exit Symantec (clicking Exit does not turn off your anti-virus protection).

Schedule Auto-Updates

  1. Open Symantec AntiVirus.
  2. From menu bar, select File > Schedule Updates.
  3. Verify that "Enable scheduled automatic updates" is checked.
  4. To change the default schedule (Fridays at 8 p.m.), click the Schedule button.
  5. Select a Weekly (recommended) day an time when your computer is likely to be turned on and connected to the Internet.
  6. Click OK to close all open screens and Exit to close the Symantec window (does not turn off anti-virus protection).