**Notice of computer inventory, CS Staff verifying locations of equipment**

Computing Services has begun our annual task of inventorying our computer systems across campus. This requires us to physically verify locations and tags on computing equipment. We wanted to ensure campus was aware that during this process, you will see our team of technicians in and out of offices. If you have any questions, please let us know via email at computingservices@adams.edu or give us a call at x7741.

**Maintenance activities tonight**

Beginning at 5:00 PM, we will be performing some back-end DNS maintenance on several systems that should not impact services to our customers.

At 9:00 PM, Computing Services will be performing maintenance on the campus LDAP system. For roughly one hour, the user password change function will be unavailable as we perform this maintenance.

Computing Services thanks you for your patience and understanding as we perform these critical maintenance activities. As always, if you have any questions, please call the ASU Computing Services Helpdesk at 7741 or contact us via email at computingservices@adams.edu

Have a great day!

Computing Services

Beginning at 6:00 AM, a system upgrade will be performed on the campus SafeConnect system. There is no anticipated outage for this upgrade.

At 9:00 PM, Computing Services will be performing maintenance on several campus systems including the campus web print servers. There will be minimal interruptions to campus services as we perform these maintenance activities.

Computing Services thanks you for your patience and understanding as we perform these critical maintenance activities. As always, if you have any questions, please call the ASU Computing Services Helpdesk at 7741 or contact us via email at computingservices@adams.edu

Have a great day!

Computing Services

Beginning at 9:00 PM, Computing Services will be performing maintenance on several campus systems including the campus AD and print servers. There will be minimal interruptions to campus services as these systems reboot after the patches are installed.

Computing Services thanks you for your patience and understanding as we perform these critical maintenance activities. As always, if you have any questions, please call the ASU Computing Services Helpdesk at 7741 or contact us via email at computingservices@adams.edu

Have a great day!

Computing Services

Beginning at 9:00 PM, Employee, lab and TEC Classroom PCs will receive several critical security updates for Adobe products, Firefox, Thunderbird, Chrome, VLC and a few other programs. Employees are encouraged to log off but leave their computers on when leaving work for the day. This will assist the installation of these patches and minimize any impact.

***Banner PROD down for critical updates starting this Friday, June 9^th at 9:00 PM***

The Production Banner Database will be down starting at 9:00 PM on Friday night and lasting until late Saturday as we install critical Banner updates. During this time, ALL Production Banner services will be unavailable.

Computing Services thanks you for your patience and understanding as we perform these critical maintenance activities. As always, if you have any questions, please call the ASU Computing Services Helpdesk at 7741 or contact us via email at computingservices@adams.edu

Have a great day!

Computing Services

**Web and App Extender maintenance starting at 5:30 PM**

We will be performing maintenance on the campus BDMS system at 5:30 PM. If you are a web or app xtender user, please be sure to log out of the system when leaving work for the day.

**9:00 PM Maintenance activities**

Beginning at 9:00 PM, Employee, lab and TEC Classroom PCs will receive several critical security updates for the LogMeIn Calling Card, iTunes and Java. Employees are encouraged to log off but leave their computers on when leaving work for the day. This will assist the installation of these patches and minimize any impact.

Also beginning at 9:00 PM, Computing Services will be performing maintenance on several campus systems including the wireless network controllers and campus DNS servers. There will be interruptions to wireless access and other networking resources until roughly midnight as we perform these maintenance activities.

Computing Services thanks you for your patience and understanding as we perform these critical maintenance activities. As always, if you have any questions, please call the ASU Computing Services Helpdesk at 7741 or contact us via email at computingservices@adams.edu

Have a great day!

Computing Services

Banner DEVL is down for updates today.

From 9:00 PM until midnight:
* Banner will be down this evening as system updates are applied.
* Network printing will be down as system updates are applied.

Computing Services thanks you for your patience and understanding as we perform these critical maintenance activities. As always, if you have any questions, please call the ASU Computing Services Helpdesk at 7741 or contact us via email at computingservices@adams.edu

Have a great day!

Computing Services

Beginning at 9:00 PM, there will be various network and service interruptions until roughly 11:00 PM as we perform critical maintenance on several back-end systems.

MACs will receive critical Operating System security patches and application updates, MAC users are encouraged to log off but leave their computers on when they leave work today.

***Banner PROD down for Oracle updates this Saturday, 5/20/17***

The Production Banner Database will be down until roughly noon as we install critical Oracle updates. During this time, ALL Production Banner services will be unavailable.

Computing Services thanks you for your patience and understanding as we perform these critical maintenance activities. As always, if you have any questions, please call the ASU Computing Services Helpdesk at 7741 or contact us via email at computingservices@adams.edu

Have a great day!

Computing Services

***Banner PROD down for Maintenance this Saturday, 4/29/17***

The Production Banner Database will be down until roughly noon as we install critical Oracle PSU updates. During this time, ALL Production Banner services will be unavailable.

Computing Services thanks you for your patience and understanding as we perform these critical maintenance activities. As always, if you have any questions, please call the ASU Computing Services Helpdesk at 7741 or contact us via email at computingservices@adams.edu

Have a great day!

Beginning at 9:00 PM, Employee, lab and TEC Classroom PCs and Macs will receive several critical security updates for several software packages. Employees are encouraged to log off but leave their computers on when leaving work for the day. This will assist the installation of these patches and minimize any impact.

Computing Services thanks you for your patience and understanding as we perform these critical maintenance activities. As always, if you have any questions, please call the ASU Computing Services Helpdesk at 7741 or contact us via email at computingservices@adams.edu

Have a great day!

Computing Services

It has been a while since Computing Services sent a reminder regarding phishing and scam emails. Phishing emails are malicious emails where the attacker will pose as a legitimate organization to attempt to trick you into clicking on malicious links, download attachments, and could possibly lead to disclosing your personal information.

Following are the steps to distinguish phishing from regular emails:

Don’t trust the display name

A favorite phishing tactic among cybercriminals is to spoof the display name of an email. Experts have found that nearly half of all email threats spoofed the brand in the display name. The bottom line is don’t trust the display name. Check the email address in the header from—if looks suspicious, don’t open the email.

Look but don’t click

Hover your mouse over any links embedded in the body of the email. If the link address looks weird, don’t click on it. If you want to test the link, open a new browser window and type in website address directly rather than clicking on the link from unsolicited emails.

Check for spelling mistakes

Brands are pretty serious about email. Legitimate messages usually do not have major spelling mistakes or poor grammar. Read your emails carefully and report anything that seems suspicious.

Analyze the salutation

Is the email addressed to a vague “Valued Customer?” If so, watch out—legitimate businesses will often use a personal salutation with your first and last name.

Don’t give out personal information

Legitimate banks and most other companies will never ask for personal credentials via email.

Beware of urgent or threatening language in the subject line

Invoking a sense of urgency or fear is a common phishing tactic. Beware of subject lines that claim your “account has been suspended” or your account had an “unauthorized login attempt.”

Review the signature

Lack of details about the signer or how you can contact a company strongly suggests a phish. Legitimate businesses always provide contact details.

Don’t click on attachments

Including malicious attachments that contain viruses and malware is a common phishing tactic. Malware can damage files on your computer, steal your passwords or spy on you without your knowledge. Don’t open any email attachments you weren’t expecting.

Don’t trust the header from email address

Fraudsters not only spoof brands in the display name, but also spoof brands in the header from email address.

Don’t believe everything you see

Phishers are extremely good at what they do. Just because an email has convincing brand logos, language, and a seemingly valid email address, does not mean that it’s legitimate. Be skeptical when it comes to your email messages—if it looks even remotely suspicious, don’t open it.

If you have replied to phishing emails, and have sent money, please report this fraud to the ASU Police Department at (719)587-7901.

Final reminder, Computing Services will never ask for your username and password via email.

If you have additional questions contact us at:

Computing Services

computingservices@adams.edu

(719) 587-7741