does your college require you to have specific 'anti-virus' software on your computer to connect to their internet?

does your college allow you to use wireless routers/hubs/any kind of routers whatsoever?


i am looking at my college computer stuff, and it says they require you to have this stupid ass anti-virus software to connect to the internet, and they don't allow any routers.

i am very angry right now about that. i am curious how they 'enforce' students to have antivirus software on their computer. i am repelling to install it because i think that it's laced with some kind of university spying program that records everything you do. i don't want that. also, i have a router for security reasons.

what are some ways around this nonsense?