Removing Viruses

Recent months have seen a rash of extremely active and damaging viruses emerging on the Internet. They have spread rapidly and caused numerous problems across the world. Our campus Mailscanner service is deleting as many of these as it can recognize, leaving the "PMX:VIRUS" note in the Subject line to indicate the attachment was infected and removed.

It is extremely important that all computers on campus, even those not connected to the Internet, have effective, up-to-date anti-virus software installed and running. And that the software be properly maintained and updated as new viruses appear. Computer users must be proactive in this area - once a computer is infected, it is usually too late to repair the damage caused by a virus. Damaged, deleted, or corrupted files are frequent results of a virus attack.

Also, important documents and files should be regularly archived via a backup system such as ZIP disks, recordable CD-ROMS, or other media. This will ensure that any data lost due to a virus can be restored

Please check back later for more information.