Michael's Tech Haven
Providing aid to those with computer woes
Michael Finn
Issue date: 2/13/09 Section: Opinion
I'm going to take this chance to discuss an omnipresent threat to college students: the dreaded computer virus.
Viruses are bits of malicious code intended only to destroy data and hamper productivity. They are the product of the demented minds of sociopathic computer programmers.
There are various anti-virus programs available for free and for a modest fee to protect vulnerable computers.
Several free ones, such as AVG Anti-virus, are only truly effective if the enhanced version is purchased. Therefore, a college student would be better off buying a "true" anti-virus rather than entrusting protection to a freeware anti-virus.
Luckily for North Georgia students, the university has purchased licenses for Avira Pro anti-virus for all students.
Currently enrolled students can download Avira Pro from here, then call the North Georgia IT Help Desk at 706-864-1922 to get its license key emailed to their NGCSU email address (and anybody can try Avira Pro for 30 days for free, as well).
I've never used Avira Pro, but a licensed anti-virus provided for free by the university is likely worth having, provided you don't have your own anti-virus.
Viruses are bits of malicious code intended only to destroy data and hamper productivity. They are the product of the demented minds of sociopathic computer programmers.
There are various anti-virus programs available for free and for a modest fee to protect vulnerable computers.
Several free ones, such as AVG Anti-virus, are only truly effective if the enhanced version is purchased. Therefore, a college student would be better off buying a "true" anti-virus rather than entrusting protection to a freeware anti-virus.
Luckily for North Georgia students, the university has purchased licenses for Avira Pro anti-virus for all students.
Currently enrolled students can download Avira Pro from here, then call the North Georgia IT Help Desk at 706-864-1922 to get its license key emailed to their NGCSU email address (and anybody can try Avira Pro for 30 days for free, as well).
I've never used Avira Pro, but a licensed anti-virus provided for free by the university is likely worth having, provided you don't have your own anti-virus.
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