Free Software - Available to Wayne State Students, Faculty, and Staff
IMPORTANT INSTALLATION INFORMATION
- We highly recommend that you have a high-speed connection for the download.
- You will need your WSU AccessID and password to download the application software.
Symantec Antivirus Software
Symantec AntiVirus software is available for free to Wayne State University students, faculty, and staff. Campus workstations and servers are protected, as well, under this software contract.
Symantec AntiVirus and Endpoint Protection software have up-to-the-minute protection with virus definition update capability as well as a built in firewall (Symantec firewall is applies to Windows only). For more information about Symantec www.symantec.com.
Symantec Downloads
Windows
Endpoint 11.0.5 for Windows 7, Vista, and XP (32 bit) (86.2 MB)
Endpoint 11.0.5 for Windows 7, Vista, and XP (64 bit) (89.5 MB)
Note: To verify whether your computer has a 32 bit or 64 bit Operating System left click Start, right click Computer, left click Properties, look at System Type.
The procedure to install Symantec AntiVirus is as follows:
- Uninstall any antivirus software currently on your computer.
- Download software (see above 32 & 64 bit versions above).
- During installation, if you receive a message "an unidentified program wants access to your computer", click "Allow".
- It is recommended that you perform a "typical" installation as this will automatically schedule LiveUpdates and enable the firewall.
Windows 2000/2003 server or Netware — Contact Computing & Information Technology (C&IT) Computing Support Team
Macintosh
Version 11 for Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later (including Snow Leopard 10.6 )—
The procedure is as follows:
- Uninstall any antivirus software currently on your computer.
- Download Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh 11 (80.1 MB)
- Schedule routine antivirus updates with LiveUpdate.
Thomson ResearchSoft Software
Wayne State University currently licenses two Thomson ResearchSoft products:
EndNote, is an easy-to-use software program designed to search online bibliographic databases, organize references and create bibliographies. EndNote can format bibliographic entries in almost every citation style and work with most word processors. Learn more...
Reference Manager, finds references, keeps track of them, and builds a bibliography
For more information about Thomson ResearchSoft software, visit their Website at thomsonresearchsoft.com
EndNote Downloads
Learn how to use your new version of EndNote! EndNote product training available at EndNote's website.
EndNote for Windows
EndNote X3 (58 MB) For Windows XP SP2, and Vista operating systems
Please Note: EndNote has released patch, X3.0.1. It is recommended that after downloading and installing EndNote X3, you apply this patch. This can be done from within EndNote. Choose "EndNote Program Updates" from the "Help" menu and follow the on-screen prompts.
EndNote for Macintosh
EndNote X3 (89 MB) For Macintosh OS 10.5.6 or later
Notes:
You must uninstall the previous version of EndNote prior to installing this version.
Reference Manager 11 (44.3 MB)
Respondus LockDown Browser
Respondus LockDown Browser provides a custom browser interface for Internet Explorer (Windows) or Safari (Macintosh) software that is already installed on a computer, to secure the testing environment within Blackboard.
For more information regarding Respondus LockDown Browser Respondus FAQs.For Windows 98, 2000, ME, XP, and Vista operating systems, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher
For Macintosh OS X 10.3.9 or newer, SafariLockDown Browser Download (6 MB)
Fetch File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Software
Fetch is an easy-to-use, file transfer client for the Apple Macintosh. Fetch supports FTP and SFTP, the two most popular file transfer protocols on the Internet.
Fetch Download
Fetch is free to download for Wayne State students and employees.
Macintosh Download version 5.3 (60.1 MB)