Antivirus

NEWS from NSWDEC website
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FEP 2010 is only available for installation on devices in the DETNSW.WIN domain
===The FEP 2010 Installation and Management document is available for Region IT teams and provides. ===
 * ===methods of deployment of the FEP client on Windows servers and desktops and associated removal of existing anti virus clients ===
 * ===management and monitoring of the FEP clients by nominated Regional personnel via the FEP console ===

Further information about Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 can be found at
===http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/endpoint-protection/en/us/product-overview.aspx ===

Microsoft Security Essentials - Antivirus Software
===For home use DEC employees can use Microsoft Security Essentials, which uses the same scan engine as Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP). FEP comes installed on DEC computers with Windows 7. ===

===As Microsoft Security Essentials is a free product there are no restrictions on the number of home computers that this software can be used on. ===

How to begin the installation

 * ===Click on the link below to install Forefront Antivirus for windows. ===

The process may take up to 15 minutes to install software and configure computer settings

 * You may receive a UAC warning during execution of this installer. This is normal windows behaviour, please choose continue to proceed.
 * At the end of the installation you will be notified of success or failure, and further actions to take if necessary
 * ===When the process has completed, a dialogue box will ask you to restart this computer ===
 * ===Please do not close this window before you receive the “restart the computer” message ===

Forefront Endpoint Protection will only install on the following operating systems:

 * ===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Windows 7 ===
 * ===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Windows XP SP2 or higher ===
 * ===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Windows Server 2008 ===
 * ===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Windows Server 2008 R2 ===
 * ===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Windows Server 2003 SP2 or higher ===

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Installing Forefront Endpoint Protection will uninstall any of the below antivirus applications:

 * ===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 ===
 * ===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Symantec Corporate Edition 10 ===
 * ===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5 and 8.7 and its agent ===
 * ===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Forefront Client Security 1.x and the Operations Manager agent ===
 * ===<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">TrendMicro OfficeScan 8 and 10 ===
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