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Due to the recent virus outbreak on campus which infected USB flash drives, the Office of Information Technology encourages everyone to check their personal/home computers in order to make sure that they are not infected. We have listed below several options for you to check for and remove viruses from your computer and USB flash drives. As always, if you have questions,
suggestions or concerns, please
phone the help desk at x 8947,
or email helpdesk@marianuniversity.edu. Dealing
with an Infection on your PC/Laptop Due to the changing nature of malware, no single antivirus or antispyware solution can guarantee to protect against all attacks. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc162836.aspx Keep your
USB Drive from infecting your computer: Whenever you stick in any USB
flash drive, hold down SHIFT key. This will prevent windows from
executing commands in Autorun.inf. When you want to explore the drive, right
click and choose explore. Check your
computer for infections:
Run an Online
Scan
Tool
Run an online scan, using a tool
such as the
Windows Live OneCare safety scanner, to ensure
that the computer has been checked against the latest antivirus and antispyware
signatures, as well as other potentially unwanted software. Other online scan software
providers include: In addition, several online
software tools provide specialty scanning, such as
VIRUSTOTAL,
which you can use to scan individual files for malware. Security at home starts here http://www.microsoft.com/protect/default.mspx 4 steps to protect your
computer
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/default.mspx Still having trouble getting your computer clean
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