If you do not have a departmental IT administrator and are the administrator of your own Columbia-owned computer, please contact CUIT Cybersecurity at.If your computer is managed by a departmental IT group outside of CUIT, please ask your departmental IT administrator(s) to complete a Malwarebytes Site request form for your specific affiliation at Columbia.For Macs: You have the Self Service center in your applications folder.

For Windows: You have the CUIT Software Center icon on your desktop.The easiest way to check if you have a CUIT-managed computer is to look on your computer and see if you have the CUIT software download center installed: Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) will be removed. If your computer is managed by CUIT, Malwarebytes will be deployed to your system automatically in August 2020. To address remote work requirements, CUIT has made Malwarebytes available to employees' personal machines for the current year (2020).You are allotted one (1) free license for Malwarebytes anti-malware software.If you are looking to install Malwarebytes for your personal device, please visit CUIT’s secure software download portal to download Malwarebytes.Malwarebytes is a free program built to help you avoid the above scenarios altogether - and it makes traditional antivirus look old, tired, and played out (seriously it’s free, download it here ). Not to mention the sheer terror of knowing some hacker has complete and total access to virtually everything about you, including all of your banking and credit card information. Worst case scenario, it puts you and your computer out of commission for days and damages your files beyond repair. Best-case scenario, it sucks up your time to fix (or your money by paying someone else to fix it). Unfortunately, that makes you a high-risk candidate for a cyber attack at some point along the way, be it through malware, phishing, or hacking. Whether you’re streaming a standup special on Netflix, answering emails from your boss, chatting on Tinder, or completing everyday errands like paying bills online, you’re likely spending most of your day tangled up in the world wide web.

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