Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 protects networked laptops, desktops, and servers ("endpoints") against viruses, worms, Trojan horses, spyware, adware, rootkits, and threats not seen before ("zero-day attacks"). It consists of client software that runs on the endpoints and management software that runs on a server. This product is most suitable for organizations with 100 or more endpoints.

This donation includes a one-year subscription for use of the product, protection updates, and new product features.

Benefits for Organizations

If you have network administration experience, you can use Symantec Endpoint Protection to centrally manage protection for all the endpoints in your organization's network.

Major Capabilities

Symantec Endpoint Protection combines several Symantec technologies, all manageable through a single console:

• Antivirus and antispyware: scans for both viruses and security risks
• Desktop firewall: prevents unauthorized users from accessing the computers and the networks that connect to the Internet
• Intrusion prevention: acts as the endpoint's second layer of defense after the firewall
• Proactive threat scanning: analyzes the behavior of an application or process to determine if it exhibits characteristics of threats
• Device control: blocks or allows access from devices, such as connections through USB, infrared, FireWire, SCSI, serial ports, and parallel ports
• Application control: blocks or allows applications that try to access system resources

Support, Renewals, and Upgrades

This product is identical to the version sold through the Symantec website and includes the standard support, renewal, and upgrade options available with retail products.

New in Version 12.1

Version 12.1 adds:

• Support for Mac OS X, Linux, and virtual-environment endpoints
• Insight technology, which identifies rapidly mutating threats and also speeds up scans by examining only files at risk
• SONAR 3 technology, for proactive threat scanning

Choose Carefully

The administrative fee for this product is not refundable, and the product cannot be exchanged.

Obtaining This Product

Expect two emails. When your donation request has been approved, TechSoup will send a message to your organization email address with preliminary information about obtaining this product. Shortly after, the donor partner will send an email with information needed to complete the installation or activation.

• Symantec Endpoint Protection Client:
• Hardware for Windows:
• 1-GHz (or higher) Pentium III processor (32-bit); 2-GHz (or higher) Pentium 4 processor with x86-64 support (64-bit); Itanium processors not supported
• 512 MB or more RAM, as required by the operating system
• 900 MB available hard-disk space
• Software for Windows:
• Windows XP with SP2 (32-bit); Windows XP with any SP (64-bit); Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit); Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit); Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or R2 (32-bit or 64-bit); Windows Server 2008 (32-bit or 64-bit); Windows Small Business Server 2011 (64-bit); Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (64-bit)
• Hardware for Mac:
• Intel Core or Core Solo processor (32-bit); Intel Core 2 Duo or Intel Quad-Core Xeon processor (64-bit)
• 512 MB or more RAM, as required by the operating system
• 900 MB available hard-disk space
• Software for Mac:
• Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 (32-bit or 64-bit); Mac OS X Server 10.5 or 10.6 (32-bit or 64-bit)
• Hardware for Linux:
• 512 MB or more RAM, as required by the operating system
• 900 MB available hard-disk space
• Software for Linux:
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.x/4.x/5.x/6.x; SuSE Linux Enterprise 9.x/10.x/11.x; Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES/OES2); Ubuntu 7.x/8.x/9.x/10.x/11.x; Debian 4.x/5.x/6.x; Fedora 12.x/13.x/15.x
• Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager:
• Hardware:
• 1-GHz (or higher) Pentium III processor (32-bit); 2-GHz (or higher) Pentium 4 processor with x86-64 support (64-bit); Itanium processors not supported
• 1 GB or more RAM, as required by the operating system (32-bit); 2 GB or more RAM, as required by the operating system (64-bit)
• 4 GB available hard-disk space
• Software:
• Windows XP with SP3 (32-bit); Windows XP with any SP (64-bit); Windows 7; Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or R2 (32-bit or 64-bit); Windows Server 2008 (32-bit or 64-bit); Windows Small Business Server 2008/2011 (64-bit); Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (64-bit)
• Internet Explorer 7 or later; Firefox 3.6/4.0

• Donated product will be distributed under this program to qualifying organizations only, not to individuals.
• Two Symantec Norton products and two Symantec Enterprise products may be requested within a fiscal year (July 1 to June 30).
• Up to 100 licenses may be requested for each product except Backup Exec products, for which 1 license may be requested.
• Eligible organizations must have an annual operating budget of less than $10 million.
• This donation is available to nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation and to public libraries. Public libraries must either have valid 501(c)(3) nonprofit status or be listed in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) database.
• This donation will not be made available to some student groups or academic organizations, employee or membership benefit organizations, some social or recreational clubs, Boy Scouts, organizations that support political parties or candidates, advocacy groups, or faith-based organizations whose primary mission is religious (see Serving Faith-Based Organizations with Technology Donations).
• Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
• Symantec products may not be transferred or resold.