Antivirus Downloads

AntiVirus software is available to the University community at no charge to the individual or department. This software is made available under a license agreement with Vanderbilt and McAfee, Incorporated. Access to the software is restricted to the students, faculty, and staff of the Vanderbilt University and Medical Center for use on systems owned by Vanderbilt, its students and its faculty and staff. The software may not be distributed to others or used on any system used for any other business or commercial purposes (either non-profit or for profit).

Note: ITS strongly recommends that any previous antivirus programming be uninstalled completely before installing any of the versions here.

Note: VirusScan v8.5i is compatible with the new Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. Earlier versions of VirusScan will not install on Windows Vista and may cause system instability.

Note: VirusScan v8.5i and the current release of VirusScan v8.0i (version of January 2007, file name VS80iUNe.exe) appears to be compatible with all other programs, and may be installed on new systems. The installation of releases of VirusScan v8.0i prior to August 2006 (files VS80iUNc.exe or earlier) were known to cause conflicts with some software initially installed on new Dell (and perhaps others) notebook systems causing system crashes. Click Here if you have such a problem as a result of installing an earlier release of VirusScan for information about system recovery.

Enter your VUnetID and password when prompted to gain access to the files.

VirusScan v8.5i
download now (for Windows XP/Server 2003/Vista)
documentation: install guide (pdf) , product guide (pdf)

This version was designed to be used with Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, and has been checked for proper functioning on the MS Windows XP system. As released, it includes virus signatures through August 16th 2007, and will automatically update itself with the latest virus signatures daily.

VirusScan v8.0i
download now (for Windows NT/2000/XP/Server 2003)
documentation: install guide, product guide (pdf), best practices guide (pdf)

Do not use with the MS Windows Vista operating system. As of Jan 2nd 2007, the current update version (or "Patch Level ") for VirusScan v8.0i is level 14. Check for the version you have by right-clicking on the V-shield icon for VirusScan on the Windows Taskbar (usually in the lower right of the display) and selecting on "About VirusScan Enterprise...". If the "Patch Versions" listed in the window displayed is less than 14, then Click Here to download the utility to bring the anti-virus programming up to date. (Please note that this will not update VirusScan v7.x to version 8.0i.)
documentation: release notes

VirusScan v7.1
download now (for Windows NT/2000/XP/Server 2003)
documentation: install guide, manual (pdf)

VirusScan v4.5.1
(No longer supported) This version is no longer supported as Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me is not recommended for systems at Vanderbilt.

VirusScan v8.6
download now (for Intel-based Macintosh running Mac OS X v10.4.6 (Tiger) or v10.5 (Leopard) operating systems)
documentation: user guide (pdf)

VirusScan v8.0
 (No longer supported) Virus signature updates are no longer available - users need to upgrade to version 8.6

Virex v7.7
 download now (for Macintosh OS X 10.4.x)
documentation: product guide (pdf)

Virex v7.2
download now (for Macintosh OS X 10.1.3+)
documentation: install guide, manual (pdf)

Virex v6.1
download now (for Macintosh OS 8 - 9)
documentation: install guide, manual (pdf)

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