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In the last meeting of the Lower Austrian School and Kindergarten Fund the Board of Trustees decided to continue providing virus protection software for Lower Austrian educational institutions. Provincial Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner and Education Provincial Councilor Christiane Teschl-Hofmeister are delighted The Lower Austrian School and Kindergarten Fund is once again providing software licenses for virus protection programs for all EDP devices in Lower Austrian elementary schools secondary schools polytechnical schools and general special schools . This decision is a great support for our communities as school providers and we are very pleased that the licenses can now also be made available for the next five years.Since digitization and modern media are gaining in importance in the Lower Austrian educational landscape it is necessary to provide appropriate virus protection for the IT equipment of the facilities. The Lower Austrian School and Kindergarten Fund is making around 120000 euros available for this project thereby protecting schools from various IT viruses and costly consequential damage said Mikl-Leitner and Teschl-Hofmeister.Around 100000 new viruses are spread over the Internet every day. EDP systems without appropriate virus protection are a welcome target for them. The devices can be optimally protected with ongoing updates of the virus protection software. The schools also act as role models in this regard. It is important to us that the students are made aware of the dangers involved in using information technology said the governor and the regional councilor.From the point of view of the municipalities as school and kindergarten providers uniform and modern standards for IT and virus protection are indispensable. The joint acquisition and financing within the framework of the school and kindergarten fund enables not only better prices but also the greatest possible security said Lower Austrian municipality president Johannes Pressl.
