Virus Protection

The college requires all computers connected to the Whitman College network to be installed with a anti-virus software.

Hence, the college provides anti-virus software free of charge for all Whitman owned computers and for all students residing in residence halls. If you are a student living in a residence hall and would like a free antivirus software, come to WCTS to check out an installation disk.

Your anti-virus software depends on a file called a DAT or a Virus Definition to recognize the latest viruses and worms. Since new virus appear all the time, you need to download the update this Virus Definition/DAT file on a regular basis. Make sure to configure your software to download/update its virus definition.

Using Postini - E-mail virus scanner and spam control