Security Alerts!
Have you updated your virus scanning software to the latest virus detection files? Below you'll find viruses and exploits affecting the Residential Halls network.
April 10, 2006  Internet Explorer Vulnerability. Low Risk.
Microsoft has confirmed new public reports of a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. When Internet Explorer displays a Web page that contains certain unexpected method calls to HTML objects, system memory may be corrupted in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code. Basically this means a Web page that is specially crafted to exploit this vulnerability will cause Internet Explorer to fail. Without the required Windows Critical Updates and current virus scanning software your computer could become a victim. Run Windows Critical Updates now and keep your computer running smoothly. [more]
November 23, 2005
Sober Virus. Medium Risk.
We have seen thousands of trapped Sober Virus attachments quarantined by Postini since the beginning of the week. There have been some that have made it past Postini and our Virus scanning software on our e-mail server. Those attachments that have made it past our e-mail server were the live virus and may have infected some computer systems on campus. . Without the required Windows Critical Updates and current virus scanning software your computer could become a victim. Don't let this happen when you need your computer the most during the last few weeks of school. Run Windows Critical Updates now and keep your computer running smoothly. [more]
May 4 , 2004
W32/Sasser.Worm Medium Risk
If you haven't run Windows Critical Updates for awhile, do it now. We have seen a few instances of this virus on campus already. The worm spreads by exploiting a recent Microsoft vulnerability, spreading from machine to machine with no user intervention required. [more info]
March 2 , 2004
W32/Bagle.h@MM Medium Risk
We are seeing more and more instances of this virus on campus. If you receive an email attachment with a .zip extension, DO NOT OPEN IT. This virus attempts to open a backdoor on your computer so a malicious user can take control of your computer. [more info]
February 25, 2004
W32/Netsky.c@MM Medium Risk
This is the latest E-mail worm going around campus. The virus spreads via email and mapped drives C: -Z:. The virus also attempts to deactivate the W32/Mydoom.a and W32/Mydoom.b viruses. [more info]
January 26, 2004
 W32.Mydoom.A High Risk
This worm is spreading around the Internet like wildfire. It is also known as W32.Novarg.A@mm. If you receive an attachment through an email that appears as a text document with a .scr or .zip extension, DO NOT OPEN IT. [more info]
December 2, 2003
 W32/Alphx.worm.gen Low Risk
If you use AOL Instant Messenger your computer may be infected with this virus. This worm spreads via AOL Instant Messenger and (MS03-040) unpatched Internet Explorer browsers. To protect against this worm run Windows Critical Updates and update your virus scanning software. [more info]
August 18, 2003
W32/Nachi.worm High Risk
This worm is wide spread on our campus and creating large volumes of ICMP traffic. If you haven't run Windows Critical Updates recently, your computer is probably infected and will need to be patched with the latest Windows Updates. On unpatched systems, the RPC service is susceptible to crashing regardless if you have updated virus scanning software running on your computer. [more info]
August 11 , 2003
W32/Lovsan.worm.a Medium Risk
This worm also known as the Blaster worm because of the existence of the msblast.exe executable on target systems. The purpose of this worm is to spread to as many machines as possible by exploiting an unplugged hole in Windows allowing an attacker to run system commands at their choosing. To prevent your computer from becoming infected you must run Windows Critical Updates and update your virus scanning software. [more info]
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