F-Prot Anti-Virus Software

A quick reminder:  Some viruses are destructive and delete (or overwrite) files. You should always have at least two copies of important files saved in two different locations - One of which should be on recordable media outside of your computer (such as floppy disk, Zip disk, CD, or DVD, or USB flash drive).

Norman Public Schools has a district license for the F-Prot antivirus software.

  • If you need to install (or update your version of) the F-Prot antivirus scanner on an NPS UDT computer you can click here* to access the installer program on a district server. Windows will present you with a dialog box allowing you the option to Open (or Run) the installer program from its current location (which is the typical installation choice) or you can choose to Save the installer program for later use. Either way, installing software from a local administrative account is usually better than from your UDT account to avoid the risk of corrupting your UDT profile.

  • The F-Prot virus definitions (the list of viruses your copy of F-Prot Antivirus recognizes) are automatically updated on networked UDT-XP computers that are booted (powered on) inside the NPS network. To update the list of F-Prot virus definitions on other computers you can use the F-Prot Updater program which is accessible in the Windows Start menu under F-Prot or via the Updater button in the OnDemand scanner. You can choose to update your virus definitions from the Internet or from our Local area network (LAN). The Local network update location for the NPS district is:   \\files\vdefs

  • Windows users can view the 3.3MB Windows help file for F-Prot by clicking here and selecting Open this file from its current location in the File Download window that appears. Or you can download that file by selecting Save this file to disk in the File Download window.

  • NPS UDT users can find the F-Prot help file on the NPS District shared space at:   S:\district\F-Prot-help.cfm *

  • You can also read more about F-Prot on their web site: www.f-prot.com.

    * Some files mentioned in this web page are restricted to Norman Public School computers which have access to DCC file servers.

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