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June 2009 Archives
Jun
29
2009
Jun
26
2009
Fraudulent email claims to be Sophos Antivirus update »
Do not open email or attachments claiming to be Sophos Antivirus updates.
Sophos Antivirus never distributes updates by email, and all Sophos Antivirus clients provided by VCU are configured to update themselves automatically when connected to the internet.
Jun
24
2009
Network Maintenace To Cause Internet Access Interuption - June 28 »
Network Services will be performing equipment maintenance on Sunday, June 28, between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. This maintenance will cause a momentary disruption to Internet traffic during the maintenance window between the VCU network and the Internet outside VCU. Traffic inside the VCU network will not be affected. Please...
Jun
20
2009
Email Routing 7:00 PM »
Email is currently being delivered to recipients. The queues will be cleared shortly....
Jun
18
2009
BannerForms INB & eServices Unavailable Friday Evening »
Maintenance on the Banner system has been scheduled for Friday, June 19th, beginning at 6 p.m. During this two hour maintenance window BannerForms INB and eServices, including Banner Self Services, will be unavailable. Please contact the VCU Help Desk (828-2227, help@vcu.edu)with any questions or should you have problems accessing these...
Jun
18
2009
Email Phishing Scam - "YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT MAY BE DELETED IN TWO DAYS (VERY URGENT)" »
IT staff have discovered an email phishing scam which asks the recipient to reply with their username, password, data of birth and country/territory. Like many phishing scams, it takes advantage of the recipient's fear and presents a sense of urgency. The email has a subject of "YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT MAY...
Jun
17
2009
Student Email Server VRAM12 Restarting »
Student email server VRAM12 is restarting. Students may connect to their alternate server, vramimap12c.vcu.edu via IMAP or automatically via VCU Mail Anywhere....
Jun
17
2009
Scheduled Maintenance - E-mail Servers »
Scheduled maintenance will be performed on the E-mail system Saturday, June 20, between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. During this maintenance window, access to e-mail may be unavailable on your primary server. Access to your e-mail via your alternate server should be available automatically when accessing through VCU Mail Anywhere,...
Jun
12
2009
Blackboard Regularly Scheduled Maintenance Completed »
Blackboard Regularly Scheduled Maintenance Completed (Friday, June 12) at 06:30pm. Please email blackboard@vcu.edu or call the Help Desk at 828-2227 if you experience any problems. Regards, Blackboard Team...
Jun
11
2009
ImageNow Maintenance: Sunday, 6/14/09, 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. »
On Sunday, June 14th, 2009, from 10:00 to approximately 10:30 a.m., Microsoft patches will be applied to the ImageNow servers. ImageNow will be unavailable during this scheduled maintenance window....
Jun
11
2009
Critical Security Updates from Microsoft, Apple and Adobe »
Several widely-used vendors have released CRITICAL security updates to their products this week. Updates for the affected products should be tested and applied as soon as possible.
Jun
9
2009
June LANDesk Server Maintenance »
COMPLETE - Server maintenance will occur on all LANDesk servers between 5 am and 8am on Friday, June 12. All services should be restored by 8am....
Jun
9
2009
Blackboard Downtime Maintenance - June 12, 2009 - 4:00pm to midnight »
Blackboard Maintenance - Friday, June 12, 2009 - 4:00pm to midnight. Blackboard Maintenance is the second and fourth Friday of the month. If unforeseen circumstances cause the system to be down past midnight updates will be posted to the Blackboard system announcement blog at: http://blog.vcu.edu/blackboard/ Regards, The Blackboard Team...
Jun
4
2009
VCU Website To Experience Service Disruption June 5 »
Web Services will be working on a storage update for the main web server which includes the VCU homepage. During this update from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. on Friday, June 5, there will be a period during a system reboot where the main VCU website will not be available...
Jun
3
2009
Phishing Attempt - Private photos on Tagged :) »
IT staff have discovered an email phishing scam with a subject containing "private photos on Tagged". Like many phishing scams, it makes the receiver believe it came from someone they know and invites them to view photos. If you receive this email, or one like it, please delete it and...
Jun
2
2009
URL Links Not Launching from Email after Sophos Update »
Email Services is aware on an issue experienced with users who have Internet Explorer 8 as their default browser and attempt to launch a url link from Lotus Notes 8.5, Outlook, or Firefox. Sophos support is investigating this issue. Temporary workarounds including launching IE 8 and leaving open, clicking the...
Jun
1
2009
Email Phishing Scam - "YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT MAY BE DELETED IN TWO DAYS (VERY URGENT)" »
IT staff have discovered an email phishing scam which ask the recipient to reply with their username, password, data of birth and country/territory. Like many phishing scams, it takes advantage of the recipient's fear and presents a sense of urgency. The email has a subject of "YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT MAY...
Jun
1
2009
Student Email Server VRAM10 Restarting »
Student email server VRAM10 is restarting. Students may connect to their alternate server, vramimap10c.vcu.edu via IMAP or automatically via VCU Mail Anywhere....
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