The college requires all computers connected to the Whitman College network to have anti-virus software installed on them.

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 free anti-virus software, please come to WCTS to check out an installation disk.

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