{"id":532,"date":"2018-12-11T15:34:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T20:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/antivirus-software\/?page_id=532"},"modified":"2026-06-11T15:37:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:37:51","slug":"personal-antivirus-software","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/antivirus-software\/personal-antivirus-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal antivirus software"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-basic  hero-basic color-light-gray\">\n\n<div class=\"c--component c--hero-basic\">\n        \n<div class=\"outer-wrapper\">\n    <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"text-container\">\n            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"f--field f--page-title \"><h1>Antivirus software<\/h1>\n\n<\/div><!-- f--field f--page-title -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"f--field f--text \"><\/div><!-- f--field f--text -->\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><!-- c--component c--hero-basic -->\n\n    <\/section><!-- cc--component-container cc--section -->\n\n\n    <section class=\"cc--component-container cc--text-50-50  text-50-50 color-white\">\n\n<div class=\"c--component c--text-50-50\">\n        \n<div class=\"container color-white\">\n\n            <h2 style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center\">Personal antivirus software<\/h2>\n                <div class=\"description\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n            <p>Windows Defender (for Windows) and Avira (for macOS) are available for use on personal equipment not owned by Rutgers.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"left-content\">\n            <h2>What is Windows Defender?<\/h2>\n<p>Windows Defender is a suite of security utilities designed to protect the Windows operating system. It includes but is not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft Defender Antivirus: A real-time, always-on antivirus protection that comes with Windows 10 and 11.<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Defender Smart Screen: If a website, application, or download is potentially malicious and could harm your computer, SmartScreen will warn you.<\/li>\n<li>Windows Firewall: Helps prevents hackers or malicious software from gaining access to your PC through the internet or a network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"right-content\">\n            <h2 style=\"text-align: left\">What is Avira?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Avira is an antivirus protection system that protects your system from all Mac-related online threats (such as viruses, adware, and spyware) and prevents you from passing on PC viruses.<\/li>\n<li>Avira is generally compatible with macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or higher.<\/li>\n<li>Avira\u00a0requires an active internet connection to download and\u00a0maintain the most up-to-date threat detection.<\/li>\n<li>This product should not be installed on university-owned equipment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"button-container\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n                        <a style=\"color: #000000;border-color: #C03;\" class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/ithelp.rutgers.edu\/sp?id=kb_article&amp;sysparm_article=KB0012571\" target=\"\">Learn more about installing antivirus software<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- c--component c--text-50-50 -->\n\n    <\/section><!-- cc--component-container cc--section -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"page-category":[],"class_list":["post-532","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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