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- 7th December 2000
- The Computing Services Centre advises
all users not to open e-mail attachments with the name 'Navidad.exe'. This is a computer virus
being circulated via e-mail. Some computer programs may become unusable after executing this file.
The F-Secure anti-virus update (fsupdate) can be downloaded from the CSC
anti-virus site. More information about this virus is available at the Datafellows
site.
- 29th November 2000
- The Computing Services Centre has extended
its printing facilities to several computer labs available on campus. Members of staff and
students having a CSC Labs Account, can now make use of the laser printers installed in the following computer
labs...
- 27th November 2000
- The Computing Services Centre is an accredited test centre for the European Computer Driving Licence
(ECDL). Members of staff and students can now sit for the ECDL tests at CSC...more
information
- 3rd November 2000
- The next course "SPSS: Introduction" organised by the CSC is scheduled for November... more
information
- 3rd November 2000
- The official presentation of 1.5Mbps
international Internet bandwidth, donated by Maltacom p.l.c. and Datastream to the University,
was held today. This bandwidth is being used to significantly boost Internet access from
the University.
- 9th October 2000
- Netscape Communicator version 4.75 is now available from the Computing Services Centre for download
or from CSC Reception for one-day CD loan by members of staff.
- 3rd August 2000
- F-Secure anti-virus for Windows version
5.10 is now available from the CSC for download or from CSC Reception for one-day loan by
members of staff of the University. For more information please visit
our anti-virus pages.
- 28th July 2000
- Members of staff and students can
now set up automatic forwarding of e-mail received on their CSC e-mail account via the web
...more information
- 9th June 2000
- SPSS 10.0 for Windows is now available from CSC. Please visit SPSS
page for more information about ordering, renewing and upgrading SPSS licence codes.
- 25th May 2000
- A patch that eliminates a security vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2000 can now be downloaded from CSC Software
Downloads Page. MS Office 2000 users are strongly advised to download and
install this update on their machines.
- Note that after installing this patch the "Show Me" function and "pop-ups" in Office Help will no longer
function. More information about this update is available at the Microsoft
website.
- 19th May 2000
- The Computing Services Centre has updated its F-Secure anti-virus software site to detect and remove variants
of the 'LoveLetter worm' virus. The update is available in a folder, called 'ExplorerZip-update', that can be downloaded from CSC anti-virus
download site.
- 18th May 2000
- Netscape Communicator version 4.73 is now available from the Computing Services Centre for download
or from CSC Reception for one-day CD loan by members of staff.
- All users, particularly those who make use of any critical web services such as e-banking and e-commerce,
are strongly advised to upgrade to Communicator 4.73. Previous Netscape versions were found to have a flaw in the security management of message
transmissions over computer networks.
- 5th May 2000
- A new virus called 'LoveLetter worm' is being circulated by e-mails with the subject line 'I Love You'.
For more information please read this article by Data
Fellows.
- The Computing Services Centre has updated its F-Secure anti-virus software site to detect and remove the
'LoveLetter worm' virus. The update is available in a folder, called 'ExplorerZip-update', that can be downloaded from CSC anti-virus
download site.
- 2nd May 2000
- The Computing Services Centre has upgraded its dial-up service to support dial-up connections using V.90
technology. Users with 56K V.90-compatible modems can now connect to the CSC Dial-up Service at faster speeds ...more
information on how to connect at faster speeds.
- 27th April 2000
- The Computing Services Centre has extended its printing services to include colour printing. Members
of staff and students having a CSC Labs Account, can now make use of the high-quality colour laser printer, available at CSC Lab B, to print on
paper and transparencies...more
information
- 29th February 2000
- F-Secure anti-virus for Windows version 4.08 is now available from the CSC for download or from CSC Reception
for one-day loan by members of staff of the University. For more information please visit our anti-virus
pages.
- 25th February 2000
- The Computing Services Centre has launched two WebSave schemes for members of staff making use of the CSC
dial-up service. WebSave is a flat-rate telephone fee, which allows dial-up users to connect to CSC without being charged by Maltacom for the pulses...more
information
- 17th February 2000
- Courses in Internet, MS Excel 2000 and MS Access 2000 are scheduled for February and March...more
information
- 2nd February 2000
- Courses in SPSS are scheduled for February...more information
- 28th January 2000
- Microsoft software products are now available at academic prices for members of staff and students of the
University of Malta. For more information please visit our Microsoft
page.
- 14thJanuary 2000
- Next Web Authorship Course is scheduled for 2.00pm - 4.00pm on 26, 27, 28 January.
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