This page is intended for Colby students to use to setup appropriate protection for their personally owned computers on the Colby network. Faculty and Staff may find the instructions here useful for their own personally owned computers as well. Neither the Faculty and Staff Support Center nor Student Computer Services support personally owned faculty or staff computers, please see the local vendor list instead.
- Policy on Removing Viruses: SCS will make their best effort in removing a virus. We can not guarantee when removing a virus that it may not cause more problems. In some instances removing viruses from the computer may adversely affect the operating system. This can cause serious problems and may require re-installation. Since SCS does not reformat or install OS's you would then need to contact the vendor or take the computer to a local repair shop in town...or try to fix it yourself.
- Some viruses are malicious and can cause major computer problems.
- Students with Windows computers are required to have anti-virus software installed and kept up-to-date. Several anti-virus programs are available for purchase, or you may download a free version.
- Free Anti-Virus programs available for downloading are - AVG, Avira, Avast, or Security Essentials.
- If you prefer to use another virus program, please keep the virus definitions up to date at all times.
- Warning: You can only have one virus program on your computer at any time without causing problems.
- Spyware is advertising software that usually installs itself on your computer without your permission as you browse the internet.
- It slows your computer and may cause software instability.
- Adaware and Spybot are free tools that can be downloaded for spyware removal.
- Instructions for configuring Adaware and Spybot.
- Windows updates provide essential security upgrades to Windows Operating Systems.
- These updates are crucial in safeguarding your computer against virus and spyware infections.
- How to Install Automatic Windows Critical Updates
- Set a secure password on your computer.
- Use mixed uppercase, lowercase characters and a number within your password.
- Whenever you leave your computer it is highly recommened that you lock it.
- Backup important documents regularly
- Backup to CD. travel drive or etc.
- Policy on Removing Viruses: SCS will make their best effort in removing a virus. We can not guarantee when removing a virus that it may not cause more problems. In some instances removing viruses from the computer may adversely affect the operating system. This can cause serious problems and may require re-installation. Since SCS does not reformat or install OS's you would then need to contact the vendor or take the computer to a local repair shop in town...or try to fix it yourself.
- Some viruses are very malicious and can cause major computer problems.
- Students with Macintosh computers are not required (for now) to install anti-virus software. However, any student is free to install one. ClamXav is a free anti-virus program available for Macs
- If you use ClamXav or prefer to use another anti-virus program, please keep the virus definitions up to date at all times.
- Warning: You can only have one virus program on your computer at any time without causing problems.
- A firewall protects your computer from unauthorized connections over the internet.
- See instructions for configuring your Macintosh OSX Firewall.
- Set a secure password on your computer.
- Use mixed uppercase, lowercase characters and a number within your password.
- Whenever you leave your computer it is highly recommened that you log out or turn it off.
- Backup important documents regularly.
- Backup to CD, Travel Drive or etc.
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