October is National Cyber Security Month. UNH Information Technology has many events scheduled throughout the month, including a Cyber-Security Fair. For a complete list of events, please visit UNH IT Security & Preparedness. The UNH theme for the month is “Don’t Be a Phish.”

IT Pipeline welcomes you back to campus for the Fall 2009 semester with a reminder…  Students experiencing computer problems or need help with Blackboard, E-mail, Virus Protection, or registering a new computer can visit the Dimond Academic Commons IT Support Center located on Level 3 of the Dimond Library or call the CIS Helpdesk at (603) 862-4242.  Have a question for the Help Desk after hours? Submit your question anytime. Our staff is ready to assist you and we welcome everyone back to campus. Have a great semester!

President Huddleston’s call for increased sustainability, has extended its reach to students seeking computer information.  The printed Computing & Phone Guide has transformed into an online Student IT Guide. The guide is designed to help students use campus computing resources. Watch for the orange ‘Get Connected’ card on move-in weekend.  The card will help students get online and point to the new online guide.

Visit itguide.unh.edu to view the Student IT Guide.

By Dan VanderClock, UNH Senior

Anti-virus software is made available to students by the University for both PC and Mac users.  PC users are offered McAfee VirusScan Enterprise. If you bought your computer and it came with a free trial of McAfee, note that the Enterprise version is entirely different. The VirusScan Enterprise version is much more sleek and much less of a resource hog than retail and trial versions of McAfee.  Mac users are offered ClamXav, which is an open source anti-virus program. ClamXav operates a little differently from the standard PC anti-virus software. Scans will only run when you start them. They will not run automatically and unlike other anti-virus programs, ClamXav will not scan files as you open them.  Visit virus.unh.edu to learn more. For support with both McAfee and ClamXav, visit the IT Support Center in Dimond Library or call the CIS Help Desk at (603) 862-4242.

Sign up for Auotmatic Updates for McAfee VirusScan and forget it. Visit http://virus.unh.edu and click on ‘Subscribe to ePO‘ to install the ePolicy Orchestrator Agent for all Windows based machines. This will keep your version of McAfee updated automatically. Just set it and forget it! Still need help? Call the IT Help Desk at (603) 862-4242 or stop by the IT Support Center located in the Dimond Academic Commons.

The 2009 UNH Spring semester is coming to an end on Monday, May 11th. It’s that hectic time of year where many students are busy working on exams, finishing projects, and staying up late writing term papers. One very important reminder from CIS: Save and back up your work often. Too many times students will call or stop by the IT Support Center upset that their research or paper has disappeared. Save often or use a CD, USB Flash Drive, or simply save your work to your Wildcat account. This will save time and headaches preparing for the end of the semester. Continue reading ‘Don’t Lose Your Work… Back It Up!’

by Kathi Derby
CIS Training & Events Coordinator

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month.  In recognition, UNH will again be offering a set of informative events for the whole community. The series will include special speaker presentations regarding State of New Hampshire laws that pertain to information technology, UNH Policies, Encryption, Safe Computing, and strategies and devices we can all use to protect confidentiality. In addition, we will host a number of fun events.  Click here for more information.