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Are you on the new McAfee Antivirus Server? How to check on Windows

To check your current ePO server for accuracy, click on the red McAfee shield in the lower right corner and click About (see image below). In this window you can find all of the installed software and versions. The DNS Name of our new ePO server is vm-epoapp.umassb.net. If the displayed name on your screen is epo-umassb.net, or anything else, click here to jump to the Get Help section.

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If you do not see a red shield with a white M (McAfee) and only see a blue and white shield with a V (VirusScan Enterprise), click here to jump to the Get Help section.

If you do not see either one of these shields and you are using a University-owned machine, click here to jump to the Get Help section.

If you have a Macintosh please click on Mac-McAfee-Check-Instructions

Get Help

If you have a machine that needs action taken, please contact the IT Service Desk and open a service request. Be sure to mention McAfee ePO and a member of the Desktop team and/or IT-EPO Admin team will be able to assist you.

Email: ITservicedesk@umb.edu

Phone: 617.287.5220 (on campus: 7-5220)

Online HEAT ticket, click self-service.

 

Update Notifications

Microsoft Security Patches [June 9, 2015]

On June 9th, 2015, Microsoft released security patches for:
  • Windows 8.1, 8, 7, Vista RT, RT8.1
  • Windows servers 2012, 2008, 2003
  • Microsoft Office 2013, 2010, 2007
We strongly encourage you to apply these patches to your PC as soon as possible. For information about these updates please visit: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms15-jun.aspx
Click on the Windows logo located on the lower left hand corner of your computer screen, a menu will appear, click on “Control Panel”. Once in the Control Panel, type the words “windows update” in the Search Control Panel field located in the upper right hand corner. As you do, the following screen will immediately appear.

Now, in the upper left handle corner, click the words “check for update”. This screen will appear

Click the “Check for updates” button to begin the checking. The following screen will appear after the checking is completed. All Important Updates must be installed. Click the “Install updates” button to begin the installation. You will need to reboot your computer to finish the installation later.

Alternatively, if you are using Internet Explorer you can click on Tools > and select Windows Update to install the latest security patches.
For questions please call the Service Desk at 617-287-5220 or via email at ITServiceDesk@umb.edu.
Update Notifications

Microsoft Security Patches [April 14, 2015]

On April 14th, 2015, Microsoft released security patches for:
  • Windows 8.1, 8, 7, Vista RT, RT8.1
  • Windows servers 2012, 2008
  • Microsoft Office 2013, 2010, 2007
  • Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013, 2010, 2007
We strongly encourage you to apply these patches to your PC as soon as possible. For information about these updates please visit:  https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms15-mar.aspx
Click on the Windows logo located on the lower left hand corner of your computer screen, a menu will appear, click on “Control Panel”. Once in the Control Panel, type the words “windows update” in the Search Control Panel field located in the upper right hand corner. As you do, the following screen will immediately appear.

Now, in the upper left handle corner, click the words “check for update”. This screen will appear

Click the “Check for updates” button to begin the checking. The following screen will appear after the checking is completed. All Important Updates must be installed. Click the “Install updates” button to begin the installation. You will need to reboot your computer to finish the installation later.

Alternatively, if you are using Internet Explorer you can click on Tools > and select Windows Update to install the latest security patches.
For questions please call the Service Desk at 617-287-5220 or via email at ITServiceDesk@umb.edu.
Update Notifications

Microsoft Security Patches [March 10, 2015]

On March 10th, 2015, Microsoft released security patches for:
  • Windows 8.1, 8, 7, Vista RT, RT8.1
  • Windows servers 2008, 2003 R2
  • Microsoft Office 2013, 2010, 2007
  • Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013, 2010, 2007
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
We strongly encourage you to apply these patches to your PC as soon as possible. For information about these updates please visit:  https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms15-mar.aspx
Click on the Windows logo located on the lower left hand corner of your computer screen, a menu will appear, click on “Control Panel”.
Once in the Control Panel, type the words “windows update” in the Search Control Panel field located in the upper right hand corner. As you do, the following screen will immediately appear.

Now, in the upper left handle corner, click the words “check for update”. This screen will appear

Click the “Check for updates” button to begin the checking. The following screen will appear after the checking is completed. All Important Updates must be installed. Click the “Install updates” button to begin the installation. You will need to reboot your computer to finish the installation later.

Alternatively, if you are using Internet Explorer you can click on Tools > and select Windows Update to install the latest security patches.
For questions please call the Service Desk at 617-287-5220 or via email at ITServiceDesk@umb.edu.
Update Notifications

Microsoft Security Patches [December 2014]

On December 9th, 2014, Microsoft released security patches for:

  • Windows 8, 8.1, 7, RT, RT8.1
  • Windows servers 2008, 2003 R2
  • Microsoft Office 2013,2010 2007

We strongly encourage you to apply these patches to your PC as soon as possible. For information about these updates please visit:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms14-dec.aspx

Click on the Windows logo located on the lower left hand corner of your computer screen, a menu will appear, click on “Control Panel”.

Once in the Control Panel, type the words “windows update” in the Search Control Panel field located in the upper right hand corner. As you do, the following screen will immediately appear:

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Now, in the upper left handle corner, click the words “check for update”. This screen will appear:

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Click the “Check for updates” button to begin the checking. The following screen will appear after the checking is completed. All Important Updates must be installed. Click the “Install updates” button to begin the installation. You will need to reboot your computer to finish the installation later.

3Alternatively, if you are using Internet Explorer you can click on Tools > and select Windows Update to install the latest security patches.

For questions please call the Service Desk @ 7-5220 or via email at ITServiceDesk@umb.edu.

Update Notifications

Microsoft Security Patches [October 2014]

On October 14th, 2014, Microsoft released security patches for:

  • Windows 8, 8.1, 7, RT, RT8.1
  • Windows servers 2008, 2003 R2
  • Microsoft Office 2013, 2010
  • Internet Explorer

We strongly encourage you to apply these patches to your PC as soon as possible. For information about these updates please visit:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms14-oct.aspx

Click on the Windows logo located on the lower left hand corner of your computer screen, a menu will appear, click on “Control Panel”.

 

Once in the Control Panel, type the words “windows update” in the Search Control Panel field located in the upper right hand corner. As you do, the following screen will immediately appear.

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Now, in the upper left handle corner, click the words “check for update”. This screen will appear

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Click the “Check for updates” button to begin the checking. The following screen will appear after the checking is completed. All Important Updates must be installed. Click the “Install updates” button to begin the installation. You will need to reboot your computer to finish the installation later.

ss3

 

Alternatively, if you are using Internet Explorer you can click on Tools > and select Windows Update to install the latest security patches.

For questions please call the Service Desk @ 7-5220 or via email at ITServiceDesk@umb.edu.