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Suitable Software in the University's Computer Network

The Department of Information Technology suggests using the following software when using different resources of the University's computer network (servers and computer network services).

The list includes the most commonly found computer programs and therefore specific software has not been included in this list. You will also find the web addresses, where you can obtain the mentioned programs from. In the end of the page you can find a short overview of the software that the Department of Information Technology recommends not using.

Web browsers (all free software)


For using e-mail and calendar

The University's web mail at https://mailhost.ut.ee - a web environment we suggest using with Netscape


For logging in to the server


For transporting files

SSH Secure Shell (the University of Tartu has a site-license for this)
ftp://ftp.ut.ee/pub/unix/security/ssh/


Office software


Antivirus software

Symantec Antivirus
http://www.symantec.com/index.htm

McAfee
http://www.mcafee.com/

F-Secure
http://www.f-secure.com/

Kaspersky
http://www.kaspersky.com/

Norman Antivirus
http://www.norman.com/

AVG AntiVirus
http://www.grisoft.com


For packing the files

WinZip
http://www.winzip.com/

WinRar
http://www.rarlab.com/

WinAce
http://www.winace.com/

PowerArchiver
http://www.powerarchiver.com/


For viewing pictures

IrfanView (free software)
http://www.irfanview.com/

ACDSee
http://www.acdsystems.com/


Audio-Video

Windows Media Player
http://www.windowsmedia.com/

Winamp
http://www.winamp.com

QuickTime Player
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/

RealOnePlayer
http://www.real.com/realoneplayer.html


The Department of Information Technology warns about using the following programs:

  • Outlook Express and Outlook for mail client (for using e-mail). In case you use Internet Explorer as a web browser, we still suggest using either Netscape Messenger, Mozilla Messenger or the University's web mail environment at https://mailhost.ut.ee for your e-mail program;
  • the Telnet program for contacting the server. Your user ID and password will be sent as open when connecting through Telnet. This means that someone could be "secretly using" this information;
  • WSFTP (Windows FTP) for transporting files. The same problem occurs with WSFTP as with using the Telnet - your password and user ID will be sent openly during the connecting process;
  • MS Word (especially Word 2000) for creating web pages. This program writes too much information in html-code;
  • the Kazaa file share program because it includes the compulsory promotion software, wasting more than 50% of your computer's resources. It may also spread many viruses. There are other file share programs, that waste your computer's resources, e.g. E-Donkey, BearShare, WinMX;
  • download accelerators (Download Accelerator, Download manager), which in reality do not accelerate the process in any way.