- Anti-Virus Software. We strongly recommend that you install anti-virus software on any computer that will be connected to the College’s network. The University offers Sophos Endpoint Security to all students for free on both Windows and Mac: https://help.it.ox.ac.uk/sophos.
- Phishing. We are seeing more and more cases of sophisticated phishing attacks (emails pretending to come from someone you trust attempting to get you to enter your username and password into a fake website). If you have your password stolen in this way then it can result in your SSO account being blocked by the University – which will prevent you accessing your email, WebLearn and many other University services. Please read the information at https://www.infosec.ox.ac.uk/phishing and help keep your account protected.
- Hardware Breakdown. It is useful to be aware of any warranty or insurance you have for your computer just in case something happens to it.
- Backup. It is vital that you organise some form of backup for your work. There are a number of options such as using a USB drive or external hard-drive, additionally there are many internet-based services such as cloud storage. Your University email account includes access to Microsoft OneDrive for business, further information on accessing this can be found here: https://help.it.ox.ac.uk/onedrive-for-business
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