Some of the commonly used software delivered on University-owned computers is also available for download. To purchase software not listed here, please send your request to quotes@scu.edu.
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Adobe Acrobat Reader
Adobe Acrobat Reader is Adobe's free reader for PDF files.
BigFix
The BigFix software is only licensed for University owned and supported computers by Santa Clara University. The software should not be installed on personally-owned computers, student-owned computers or computers no longer supported by the University.
Google Chrome
Google Chrome is Google's web browser.
Microsoft Internet Explorer / Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge is Microsoft's web browser on Windows 10.
Mozilla Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox is Mozilla's web browser. Academic Technology recommends the 'ESR' version of Firefox, which has a longer development cycle than the 'standard' Firefox.
Qualtrics
SCU has a site license for student, faculty, and staff access to Qualtrics, a comprehensive online survey tool. To enroll yourself, go to the Qualtrics tile in your MySCU Portal. Follow the prompts to setup up your account. If you already had a free Qualtrics account using your SCU email, say yes to merging the accounts together when prompted during the setup process. Qualtrics quesitons can be directed to technologytraining@scu.edu.
SmartPrint
SmartPrint is the Santa Clara University branded student print system. All SCU students are free to use SmartPrint, as well as, Staff and Faculty. Guests of the university may also use SmartPrint after they have created a guest printing account.
Sophos Central + Intercept X (University Owned Computers) and Sophos Home (Student / Faculty / Staff Personal Computers) (Anti-Virus)
Our endpoint protection suite (antivirus) is provided by Sophos, a world leader in virus protection software for businesses and educational institutions. We have purchased licenses to allow all CURRENT faculty, staff and students to protect their campus and home computers. Contractors and alumni are not included in our license.
Academic Technology manages the Sophos settings on University-owned computers. If you need Sophos Central + Intercept X installed on your University-owned computer, please contact the Technology Help Desk at x5700.
We recommend Sophos Home to protect your personally owned computer for all students, faculty and staff. Use your personal email address to download the free edition directly from Sophos. You have full control of the software and can set up your own scheduled scan once you install Sophos Home.
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SPSS
SPSS Statistics is a software package used for statistical analysis. The license covers CURRENT faculty, staff and students only.
To access and download the software, you will be required to login with your network ID and password.
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Academic Technology and Information Technology support the following software applications providing installation support, troubleshooting problems, and training.
Any software not listed below will receive our best effort support, however we cannot guarantee a successful resolution for any problem with unsupported software. In some cases, we may need to refer the customer to an outside vendor which may result in a 'time and materials' fee to troubleshoot unsupported software. Please contact the Technology Help Desk at (408) 554-5700 (x5700 from on campus) for more detailed information.
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For University owned computers, supported software is available through a number of avenues. A number of the applications can be downloaded from either the web site, or directly from the application vendor's web site. Some may require a departmental purchase for software that is supported, but not provided.
Install Sophos Home
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- Download MIT's Sophos Anti-Virus package from the IS&T download website (certificates required).
- Expand the archive 'mit-sophos-linux-9.12.2_VE3.65.2.zip'.
- Open a command prompt and navigate into the directory 'savlinux' (e.g. cd ~/Desktop/savlinux).
- Execute the script install.sh (sudo bash install.sh, YOU MUST BE ROOT).
- Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Sophos Anti-Virus installation.
- The default installation options can be accepted by hitting the Enter key when prompted.
- Select Y for all options and leave the default path.
- It will take a bit of time after install before Sophos properly talks to the servers and updates. Once that happens it will be configured properly.
- Command line options and controls are available to update, scan, and manage Sophos. For more information, please see the Sophos user guide (PDF). If you left the default path during the install you will generally find everything in /opt/sophos-av.
| Sophos On-access scanning may not be available for all Linux distributions and kernel versions.You can see which versions are supported in the extracted savlinux folder in the file supported_kernels.txt. |
| If you have Debathena installed or wish to install Debathena, please see How do I install Debathena on top of an existing Ubuntu or Debian distribution running Sophos Anti-Virus? |
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