Individual UCInetIDs are granted to each member of the faculty, staff, and student population at UCI. For the duration of your relationship with UCI, you will use your individual UCInetID regularly to access important online services, one example would be accessing email services.
Computer viruses are an ongoing problem across the Internet. OIT now scans incoming email for viruses and cleans up infected messages. This protection is available only to messages sent to your @UCI.EDU address. SE Computing installs McAfee anti-virus for the Macs and uses built in Microsoft Defender for PC's for anti-virus protection. If you believe your anti-virus is out of date please send an email to se.computing@uci.edu. Here are some tips to prevent from being infected by viruses: