What is the difference between antivirus software and firewalls?

• Antivirus software detects and quarantines viruses and other malwares in your computer.
• Firewalls (hardware or software) protects against threats from the internet by controlling inbound programs.

How can you protect yourself and the computers you use from viruses and malware?

UniSA has produced some guidelines to help you protect the University network:

• The University has a firewall which is set up on all UniSA computers, this should never be turned off.
  

• Antivirus software is installed on all UniSA computers, this should never be disabled.

• You should never run a program unless you know it has been authored by a person or company that you trust.

• An automatic update for the operating systems of University computers is in place, this should never be disabled.