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Symantec Antivirus software

The Department has entered into a licensing agreement with Insight Enterprises Australia Pty Ltd for the provision of Symantec Antivirus software to:

  • Victorian government schools
  • CASES Training and Resource Centres
  • business offices of the Department including those in regional locations
  • various Department, Statutory Boards and bodies.
  • staff & students of the above organisation.

This agreement commences on 24th August 2008 and ends on 25th August 2011. The Department also has the option to extend this agreement for a further two years.
The agreement covers the following software:

  • Symantec End point Protection (includes Anti Virus Enterprise Edition for MS Windows, Antispyware, Firewall, Intrusion prevention and device control)
  • Premium Anti Spam (for MS Exchange & Domino)
  • Mail Security for MS Exchange & Domino
  • 8300 Virtual Appliance Anti Virus and Anti Spam
  • Symantec Antivirus (MAC edition)
  • Symantec Antivirus (Linux edition)

For regular virus signature file updates available on the Web, Access the updates. (https://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/software/)

 

Symantec Anti-Virus for Staff & Students

As part of the Department’s Anti-Virus agreement staff and students are permitted to install a copy of Symantec Corporate Edition for Desktops on their home computer. Staff and students should follow the guidelines below to obtain a copy of the software:

  • Staff and students based in a school or regional office should request a copy of the software from their technician who will provide the software on CD or DVD for home installation.
  • Staff in the central office should go to the following website and download the file which can then be put onto a CD or DVD for home installation (note that staff PIN and password is needed to access this file):

https://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/software/Symantec%20AntiVirus/Symantec%20Antivirus%2010.2%20for%20Home%20Use%20Only/.