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The University of Michigan Virus Busters are a group of Information Technology Central Services staff members at the University of Michigan (U-M). We are dedicated to assisting the U-M community with the control and prevention of computer viruses.

Virus Alerts

Some notes on the Conficker worm that has the media all in a tizzy. (3/31/2009)

Beware email that has a Subject that expresses concern, asks if you are all right, and provides a link to information about a non-existent explosion. See the details here (3/16/2009)

Never Respond to Mail that Asks for Your Password (1/11/08)

Beware of Links in E-Mail That Spread Viruses (09/10/07)

     (Virus Alert Archive)

News & Tips

VirusScan updates have been appearing to fail for the past few days; it's a false alarm. Details here. (3/31/2009)

VirusScan 8.0 updates have been failing for several weeks (since February 02, 2009, we think); we only discovered for sure that this was happening across the board on March 9th 2009. Upgrade to VirusScan 8.7 now!

Macintosh Users Need Anti-Virus Software Too (11/2/07)

VirusScan 8.7 Available Now (05/04/2009)

McAfee Anti-Spyware Enterprise (MASE) 8.0 Module available to U-M faculty, staff, and students for adding onto VirusScan 8.0 (12/21/06)

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