CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection

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Description

CrowdStrike Falcon is the University provided antivirus and required to be installed on all student computers in order to connect to the University network. Please make sure to uninstall any current antivirus that you may have running on your computer to prevent installation issues and system performance problems prior to installing CrowdStrike Falcon.

CrowdStrike Falcon is a next-generation anti-virus product that uses a combination of artificial intelligence, behavioral detection, machine learning algorithms, and exploit mitigation, to protect against known and unknown threats. This means that CrowdStrike Falcon will protect you against many of the newest kinds of attacks, such as ransomware and unauthorized remote access. Another benefit of CrowdStrike Falcon is that it is lightweight and only consumes 1% or less of CPU.

Platform:

Cost: Free

Available To: Students, University Owned Computers

Installation Instructions

CrowdStrike Falcon is installed as part of the University's Standard Software on all Faculty and Staff computers.

Students are required to have CrowdStrike Falcon installed on their personal computers to be able to connect to the urwin wireless network.

Prerequisites:

You must have administrator rights on the computer to install CrowdStrike Falcon.

Install CrowdStrike Falcon on macOS (Students)Show

Supported Operating Systems:

macOS Sonoma (macOS 14)
macOS Sequoia (macOS 15)
macOS Tahoe (macOS 26)
macOS Golden Gate (macOS 27)

To check what version of macOS you have installed, click on the Apple icon in the menu bar and select About This Mac. The version of macOS will be listed in the pop up window that appears. If you have an older version of macOS installed, you will need to upgrade your Mac first in order to install CrowdStrike Falcon. If you need assistance upgrading, please contact the Help Desk.

Installation Instructions:

Navigate to Box and login with your NetID and password.
Hover over the CSFalcon file, then click the three dots that appear. Click Download in the pop-up menu to begin downloading the installer.
Once the installer has finished downloading, double-click on the CSFalcon file from the Downloads menu to launch the installer.
Click Continue to proceed through each step of the installation.
When prompted, enter your username and password for your Mac, then click Install Software.
This will begin the CrowdStrike installation.
When prompted for the for the Network Content Filter, click Allow.
macOS should display a new security extension notification. If not, the CrowdStrike installer will also display an extension message.

macOS Notification

CrowdStrike Message
Leave the system extension notification/message window open. Click the Apple menu in the upper-left corner and select System Settings.
macOS SonomaShow
1. Select Privacy & Security from the column on the left.
2. Scroll down to the Security section.
3. Click Allow below the "System software from the application Falcon was blocked from loading" message.
4. If prompted, enter your Mac password and click Modify Settings.
macOS Sequoia, Tahoe and Golden GateShow
1. In System Settings, select General in the column on the left, then click Login Items & Extensions on the right.
2. On the right, scroll down to the Extensions section.
  - macOS Sequoia: Click the 'i' beside Endpoint Security Extensions
  - macOS Tahoe and Golden Gate: Click the 'i' beside Falcon
3. In the Security Extensions window, toggle the slider beside Falcon on.
4. Enter your username and password for your Mac when prompted.
5. Confirm the Falcon security extension is enabled, then click Done. Leave the System Settings window open.
Return to the CrowdStrike installation window and click OK to close the extension prompts.
Once the CrowdStrike installation has finished, click Close.
Return to the System Settings window and select Privacy & Security in the column on the left. Click Full Disk Access on the right.
Toggle the slider beside Falcon Sensor/Falcon.app on.
Enter your username and password for your Mac when prompted.
Verify Full Disk Access is enabled for Falcon. Quit System Settings.
CrowdStrike Falcon is now installed and will automatically update and protect your Mac. To confirm it is installed, you can open your Applications folder on your Mac and search for Falcon.

Install CrowdStrike Falcon on Windows (Students)Show

Navigate to Box and login with your NetID and password.
Click on on the three dots towards the upper-right and select Download
Once logged in, click on Falcon Antivirus for Windows.
Click on Download File to start downloading the installer.
Double click the downloaded file. If prompted by Windows SmartScreen, allow the app to run either by clicking More Info and then Run Anyway as shown below. Alternatively, on older versions of Windows, you will have to check the "I understand the risk and want to run this app" check box and then click Run Anyway.
Read the agreement and click Install to accept and continue installation
CrowdStrike Falcon will now begin installing on your machine. This process can take up to 5 minutes.
You will see the below screen once CrowdStrike Falcon has been successfully installed. Click Finish to close the dialog box.

Install CrowdStrike Falcon on Linux (Students)Show

Submit a ticket to the Help Desk.
- Please enter the Linux distro and version you are using in the ticket so that we can provide you with the CrowdStrike Falcon installer in the correct package format.

Support

Installation or Troubleshooting Issues: Contact the Help Desk at 804-287-6400 or Submit a Ticket

Troubleshoot Falcon on macOS (Students)

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