University closed – Friday, Jan. 19

Due to the anticipated significant winter storm expected for the Akron area overnight and into tomorrow, all University of Akron campuses will be closed on Friday, Jan. 19.

All classes and labs are canceled.

See complete details.

Information Security Tools

Antivirus Tools:

All of these tools are free to download for personal use.  Your University provided computer will already have antivirus software installed.  

Windows Operating Systems:

Macintosh Operating Systems:

Anti-Spyware/Malware tools:

Password Managers:

Password managers help you store all of your various account passwords so you only need to remember 1.  This helps protect your accounts because now you can have a unique password for every account instead of reusing the same password everywhere!  Learn more:

Windows Software Inspector:

  • Secunia Personal Software Inspector is a nice tool to make sure your computer software is up to date and free of security issues.   This is a complementary program to antivirus tools.

Encryption:

  • Gnu GPG with documentation GnuPG allows to encrypt and sign your data and communication, features a versatile key management system as well as access modules for all kinds of public key directories.

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