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What's New at CSC - 1999

 
    15th November 1999
    Windows Security Patch for Windows 95/98/NT that fixes the security hole in Windows exploited by viruses such as the recent Bubbleboy virus.

    10th November 1999
    The computer lab in Room 208, Computer Tower Building, is now integrated with other CSC lab facilities. This lab is available for public terminal access Monday to Friday between 10am and 3pm, provided that no practical classes are scheduled during these times. Other labs offering CSC public terminal facilities will be launched during next year.

    18th October 1999
    F-Secure anti-virus for Windows version 4.06 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.

    7th October 1999
    Courses in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet using Netscape have been scheduled for October, November and December 1999 ... more information

    4th October 1999
    Information on "Connecting to CSC Dial-up using Mac" has been updated.

    8th September 1999
    Next Web Authorship Course is scheduled for 4.00pm - 6.00pm on 27, 28, 29 September.

    7th September 1999
    The Malta Internet Exchange was officially launched today. The CSC is responsible for all technical operations and support of the MIX facility.

    7th September 1999
    The CSC is organising courses on SPSS. If interested please complete the short questionnaire.

    9th August 1999
    F-Secure anti-virus for Windows version 4.04 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.

    23rd July 1999
    The CSC e-mail password may now be changed online at http://www.csc.um.edu.mt/passwd

    12th July 1999
    SPSS version 9.0 is now available. Please visit the SPSS page for more information.

    24th June 1999
    More courses have been scheduled for July 1999 ... more information

    22nd June1999
    We have downloaded Netscape Communicator 4.6 for Linux, Windows95/NT and Macintosh. They are avaialble from our ftp site.

    11th June 1999
    There is a new Trojan horse program called 'ZippedFiles' or 'ExploreZip' that is being circulated by e-mail. For more information please read this article by Data Fellows.

    We have an update for F-Secure anti-virus that caters for this new menace in a folder called 'ExploreZip-update' on our anti-virus download site. Run this update and follow the instructions to update your F-Secure application. You will find more information on how to access our anti-virus site here

    30th April 1999
    CD's with F-Secure and Netcape 4.5 are available from CSC Reception for short-term loan by members of staff of the University.

    25th April 1999
    More courses have been scheduled for May and June 1999 ... more information

    30th March 1999
    We have updated the F-Secure site with the latest version. The windows versions also detect the latest 'Melissa' macro virus. This virus does not work on Macintosh computers.

    The Novell version of F-Secure requires that the Year 2000 Patch is installed on the Novell server.

    To update the Novell version to detect the 'Melissa' virus, you must overwrite the fsmacro.def file after installing. You will find an updated version of this file in fmacro.zip under the dos directory on our ftp site.

    29th March 1999
    F-Secure for Macintosh is now available for download from our ftp site.

    23rd March 1999
    An ExecuTrain Word 97 Introduction course is scheduled for 13-14 April 1999. Access 97 Introduction is scheduled for 3-4 May 1999 ... more information

    16th March 1999
    Next Web Authorship Course is scheduled for 4.30pm - 6.00pm on Fridays 23-Apr, 30-Apr, 7-May, 14-May.

    4th March 1999
    We have updated the information about our web hosting services on www.csc.um.edu.mt/web.

    2nd March 1999
    The CSC is is now offering a wider range of computing courses for students and staff of the University. The new courses are being organised through ExecuTrain, a leading international training company. More details on these and other courses offered by the CSC are available on our training courses pages

    19th February 1999
    We have made the Windows 95 and Windows NT versions of Acrobat Reader locally available for download from our downloads page.

    18th February 1999
    We have added information about the SPSS University licence to our software pages. Click here here to visit the SPSS information page.

    12th February 1999
    We have posted the latest F-Secure updates on our ftp site so that members of staff can update their installations. For more information on obtaining F-Secure, visit our anti-virus page.

    11th January 1999
    The CSC is now offering dial-up access to all full-time academic staff of the University for access to electronic mail and internet from their homes.

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