Programmers make their living by the programs they sell. If you cannot afford a program, don't use it. Most of the software you will need to do academic work is available for your use over the network or in public labs. If you are unsure whether a piece of software can be copied freely or whether it is copyrighted, please ask the Academic Computing staff. Curb the spread of viruses.
Viruses are a fact of life wherever there are computers being shared by many people.
Haverford has virus-removal software on all its computers and makes it available free to students on their personal computers. But the responsibility rests with you to make sure you check your files for viruses whenever you share documents with others or use public computers. Haverford's computer resources are there to be shared by all Haverford's network and public computers are there for everybody's use. Please do not monopolize computer resources, especially for non-academic purposes. Haverford's computer resources are for the tri-college community only.