Symantec Antivirus / Antispyware Software for Farmingdale State College Students Farmingdale State College has licensed Symantec Endpoint Protection from Symantec Corporation and has made it available to all currently registered students of the college free of charge. *** To use Farmingdale's wireless network, Symantec Endpoint Protection has to be installed on your laptop / PC.

The antivirus/antispyware software is available for computers running the following versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system: Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7

Installation requirements and notes: You will be installing version 11.0.5 of Symantec Endpoint Protection. You must remove/uninstall any existing antivirus software, before attempting to install the Symantec Endpoint Protection software. Below choose whether your Windows operating system is a 32 or 64 bit. File sizes:  32 bit (98,216 KB)... 64 bit (101,268 KB) Installation of the software requires you to enter your Farmingdale STUDENT email username and password. You will see the progress bar while Symantec is being installed. Once installed, the antivirus and antispyware protection definitions will be out of date.  Go into the program by double clicking on the yellow shield on the taskbar.  You can also go into All Programs and find Symantec Endpoint Protection. Click "Fix" to update the protection for antivirus and antispyware protection. Your computer will now be protected and up-to-date.  Close out of the Symantec Endpoint Protection window.

For Window versions running 32 bit: Click here to begin installation For Window versions running 64 bit: Click here to begin installation

If you have any questions or problems, please contact the Helpdesk at (631) 420-2754 or via email at helpdesk@farmingdale.edu