The following instructions are for installing McAfee Virus Scan 8.5i on a Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista computer. This is the most common computer setup among students in Housing residence halls. If you have a Macintosh you need to install Sophos for Mac, also found on CITES' Software Web Store. The directions for installing Sophos are very different from the ones below. If you have difficulty installing, contact Housing using one of the methods detailed on our help page. |
Before installing McAfee Virus Scan, you must uninstall any other virus protection program(s) currently installed on your computer. The most common virus programs we see are:
- Norton Antivirus, Norton Systemworks (Note: must uninstall "LiveReg" and "LiveUpdate" as well)
- Norton Internet Security
- McAfee Virus Scan Online (comes pre-installed on many new Dell computers)
- Earlier versions of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (including 4.5, 7.0, 8.0i)
- Sophos
- AVG Virus Guard
- PC-cillin
- Bullguard
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To uninstall, find the Control Panel link found in the Start menu.
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Open Add/Remove Programs.
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Look in the list for any of the above programs and select Remove. An example of what it may look like is shown below.
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To install McAfee Virus Scan 8.5i, find the exe file you downloaded in the section Getting Virus Protection.
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Open the file by double-clicking it. On the Authorization screen that appears, click the Continue button
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After downloading and unpacking, click Launch Install then hit Ok. |
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Begin the installation by clicking Next
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In the dropdown change the License expiry to Perpetual. If you agree with the user agreement, Accept the terms Click Ok
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Keep Typical selected and click Next.
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Keep Standard Protection selected and click Next.
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Click Install to install the application
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| Select Next to install the AntiSpyware Module 
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In the dropdown change the License expiry to Perpetual. If you agree with the user agreement, Accept the terms Click Ok
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| Select Finish. 
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Once installation is complete, select both Update Now and Run On-Demand Scan and click Finish. The virus scanner will update the definition files and then scan your computer to make sure it is virus-free.
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After the scan is completed, you need to restart you computer, as prompted by McAfee. Please hit ok, then restart your computer.
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