UNHCE Information Technology & Distance Education Blog

Most viruses require the receiver to open a file attachment to become infected. Therefore, it is incumbent on the end user to not open any suspicious attachments. Many viruses will appear to come from people you know, so be wary of those as well.

UNHCE users have two lines of technological defense:
The University of New Hampshire scans all email messages and attachments as they pass through the UNH gateway. If a virus is detected in the attachment or the message, it is rejected and a notification is sent to the sender.
All UNHCE computers have Norton Anti-Virus software installed. This program scans incoming and outgoing email messages and attachments for viruses, based on the machines current virus definitions. It is important that the user keep the virus definitions up to date by performing a “Live Update,” at least weekly.

Users who send and receive email on their home computers should purchase an Anti-Virus program and subscribe to the updated virus definitions.