By nature, the world of antivirus protection changes every day. To protect yourself, always back up your data, run the latest version of your antivirus software, and set your antivirus software to regularly scan your computer and check for updates.

About Antivirus Clients

Vanderbilt licenses Microsoft System Center EndPoint Protection (SCEP) and Windows Defender as the preferred virus-scanning products for Vanderbilt-owned computers through its Microsoft Campus Agreement. SCEP and Defender both offer deployment and management tools, and SCEP supports Windows, Mac and Linux devices.

VUIT recommends that students use a product that receives high marks from independent test labs.

Supported Antivirus Clients (Vanderbilt-Owned Computers)

These antivirus clients are for use on Vanderbilt-owned computers.

OS	Client	System Requirements	Notes
	Microsoft SCEP Win	Windows 7/8.1	Installation Instructions
	Windows Defender	Windows 10	Windows Defender is included with Windows 10
	Microsoft SCEP Mac	Intel 64, Mac OS X 10.6-10.12  (4.5.27.1)
	Microsoft SCEP Linux  AMD | i386	AMD or i386

Antivirus Solutions (Student- and Employee-Owned Computers)

For student- and employee-owned computers, users are encouraged to find an antivirus solution for their machines. 

OS	Client	System Requirements	Notes
	Microsoft Security Essentials	Windows 7	MS Documentation
	Windows Defender	Windows 8.1/10	Windows Defender is included in Windows 8.1 and 10. MS Documentation
	Recommendations - Antivirus recommendations by an independent testing lab

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Last Modified: 2017-03-30