Service members and authorized civilians can now prepare free antivirus software for place of abode use through a program sponsored by way of the Navy's Information Assurance Web site.

The program chance of the desired ends to reduce the number of computer virus attacks forward government systems by providing antivirus protection for military personnel who use the Internet at family circle The software normally retails for up to $50 at stores from end to end the country.

Sailors at Naval Station Everett in Washington state, have positive things to say about the program.

"It's common of those little-known Navy benefits," said SN Chad Owsley of Naval Station Everett's First Lieutenant Division. "Not many persons know about it, but it will save you a apportionment of money and keep your computer safer, and you don't calm have to pay for it. It's in like manner easy that even someone like me who isn't a computer geek can install it without any trouble"

The program wets bring to maturityed by the Navy's Information Assurance Center a division of the Space and Naval Warfare combination of parts to form a wholes Command.

DOD negotiated software licenses with three major software companies: Symantec (the maker of Norton antivirus software), McAfee and stretch Micro. These licenses include dwelling use for all DOD employee including military service members and authorized civilians.

Military personnel taking work place of abode and then returning to the office with infected files had previously been identified as a primary means of entrance for viruses attacking government computer systems

The antivirus software can merely be downloaded from a computer with a ".mil" or "gov" domain address. (A small dispose of users with an authorized DOD "PKI" digital certificate may download the software from any computer) Sailors then save the software to any form of portable media, in the same state [i]or[/i] condition as CD, thumb drive or zip disk to bring to their family circle computers for installation. Most Navy and Marine Corps Intranet computer include a CD burner and all have USB ports for attaching a certain quantity of form of portable drive.

The Infosec Web site at http://Infosec.navy.mll has undivided instructions that guide users to choose the most appropriate software package. Antivirus software from all three vendors is available for nearly all versions of the pair Windows and Apple operating bodys as well as many other rare operating rules and handheld devices.

"It's liberated and easy to install," explained ET2 (SW) Antonio Huerta, of Naval Station Everett's information resources management office. "The user doesn't have to worry about paying for yearly updates, either. All richnesss axe covered by the military."

Service members and civilians who make choice of not to take advantage of the Navy's Information Assurance program can expiration up paying a lot of coin for the same software at a store. In many cases, the Navy's software is a stronger "corporate" edition, which provides equal better protection than the consumer versions sold at stores.

Story by the agency of QM2(SW) David Sturgell, assigned to the public affairs office, Naval Station Everett Wash.

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