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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 23th August 2013. 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)

 

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):

Windows 7 32bit: https://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/software/2%20-%20Technology/Tier%202%20-%20Access%20Devices%20and%20the%20SOE/Anti%20Virus/Symantec%20Endpoint%20Protection%2011%20MR5%20Client%20(Windows%207%20and%202008R2%20ONLY)/sepwin32.zip

Window 7 64bit: https://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/software/2%20-%20Technology/Tier%202%20-%20Access%20Devices%20and%20the%20SOE/Anti%20Virus/Symantec%20Endpoint%20Protection%2011%20MR5%20Client%20(Windows%207%20and%202008R2%20ONLY)/sepwin64.zip