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Computer Viruses-How To Limit Your Risk

North Central College students, faculty and staff have been exceptionally fortunate on campus in terms of computer viruses and we would like to keep it that way. You can reduce your risk of a virus on your PC by:

• Being leery of any attachment, especially those ending with a '.vbs' extension
• Opening attachments with a viewer when possible as the viewer offers additional protections against viruses
• Storing important files using network file space, your F-Drive. These network systems, at least for faculty and staff, are backed up each night and thus can be restored in the case of a problem.
• Keeping your virus protection software on your home computer up-to-date. On campus, we use McAfee on the servers to protect the network.

If you detect a virus on yours, or any campus computer, e-mail the North Central College Help Desk immediately at helpesk@noctrl.edu or call ext. 5440. The computer's life you save may be your own.