Computer Virus Protection
Click here to go to the Windows
Update Site to download the latest security patches!!
Click here to download a tool to
detect and clean many common viruses.
The recent volume of computer virus
and worm attacks on computers all over the world and the impact this has had on
the Wesleyan campus have raised everyone's awareness of the degree of disruption
these attacks can cause. ITS is in the process of re-examining
its virus protection strategies and the over-all security of the campus
network. We are looking for better ways to keep all campus computers
up-to-date with the most recent security patches and virus protection software.
Email viruses have posed much less of a threat since the installation of our
central email scanning program (Sophos), but we will be working on equally
effective ways to prevent infection from new Internet worms that may arise.
The volume of network traffic
generated by the most recent wave of virus activity overwhelmed some of our
communications equipment and caused some instability in our networks. We
were able to devise a way to quickly identify an infected computer and shut down
its network connection until the machine was virus-free and patched to prevent
re-infection. This has inconvenienced many, but has allowed us to
gradually stamp out the spread of infection. We are still
experiencing some instability in our dial-in modem pool and are using a similar
strategy to deal with the problems there.
For users of computers running
Windows NT, 2000, or XP, the link at the top of this page will enable you to
clean your computer of any current viruses and install the most recent security
patches.
There are certain things that ITS can do to protect your computer, but every
computer user must also be educated to the risks of virus infection and the
behaviors that invite viruses into your machine. Click on the links below
for further virus-related information.
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