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The Student Affairs Intranet (SAI) is designed to share information quickly and easily within our departments. Reference materials and interest topics are located under "Staff" and "Tech" on the menu bar, and new items are frequently being added to these menus.

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Current Virus Update

		  (Windows)

			5583

		(4/13/09)

		7.1.x & 8.5.0i software

Upcoming Events...

Sock Drive
11/24/2009

Sock Drive
11/25/2009

Thanksgiving Holiday
11/26/2009

Thanksgiving Holiday
11/27/2009

ASU vs. Arizona
11/28/2009

Comedy Night
12/1/2009

De-Stress Fest
12/3/2009

Midnight Breakfast
12/9/2009

Reading Day
12/9/2009

Commencement
12/17/2009

See detailed events listings

Mac OS X Users (new 11/13/07):

VirusScan for Mactel 8.6 has been released to the ASU Community for use. The software requires a PowerPC or Intel based Mac computer, Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.6 or later) or Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) Operating system. VirusScan for Mactel 8.6 can be downloaded from http://asu.edu/asusoftware/.

New Virus Scanner in Town:

Windows PC Users: VirusScan 8.5i has been released to the ASU community. This version of VirusScan is compatable with Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003.

VirusScan 8.5i (ASU configured) can be downloaded from the ASU Web Site https://webapp3.asu.edu/myapps/. Patch 6 is also available from the same location.

New features -

Access Protection.
Source IP (On-access scanning).
Blocking (On-access scanning).
Buffer Overflow Protection.
Unwanted Programs Policy (separate categories of detections).
Script Scanning (On-access scanning).
Lotus Notes (E-mail scanning).
Repair Installation.

Several features have changed since the previous release of VirusScan Enterprise, see the readme.txt text file in the download for full details. Any question or assistance in upgrading or the use of your anti-virus software, please contact the Help Desk at 543.4357.

Virus Check!

With the recent Virus attacks we thought it was time to remind users
			of Anti-Virus best practices.

Have properly installed, configured and updated AntiVirus software on all computers. ASU provides AntiVirus software free to all Students, Faculty and Staff, in addition to general information on computer security.
Subscribe to ASU's Antivirus List. The Antivirus announcement list (fyi.IT.antivirus) provides information on new releases and updates to the ASU-supported anti-virus software. This announcement service will also send notification about virus warnings and emergency virus patches.
Do not open E-Mail attachments that you are not expecting, even from someone you know. This is how most Viruses spread. If you receive an attachment from someone you know send them an E-Mail asking them if they sent it and what it is, to make sure it is a valid attachment.
If you receive a warning E-Mail that you sent out an E-Mail with a virus, and you have not sent out any email, please ignore and delete the warning E-Mail.

Currently Viruses spoof the from address on the E-Mails by making it look like it came from someone in the infected users address book. If you do not know the recipient and did not send out an E-Mail you can delete the warning.

What's your Windows version? Right-click the shield (it will say "VShield" for 4.5.1 users, or "VirusScan On-Access Scan is enabled" for 7.0, or "McAfee OAS: Enabled" for 8.5i users if you hold your cursor over it) in the lower-right corner of your screen and select 'About...'. If you don't see the current version listed there under 'Virus definitions' - get it!

Recent Virus and Hoax Info

The following two tables contain information on recent virus and hoax activity. This is nothing you need to know in order to maintain your system, but is here for those who have an interest.