It is important to ensure you are always using the latest version of Internet Explorer as previous versions have known problems that make them insecure and liable to display some pages incorrectly. To check you are using the latest version please double-click the 'Internet Explorer 8' icon in the Non-Academic folder of WBS-Applications.

IT Services and Estates have alerted us to some upcoming work that will affect multiple IT services. This work is required as part of the campus-wide network replacement project (more details on this project are available at http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/its/newschanges/projects/network-replacement ).

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM
Please note that our Anti-virus application Kaspersky Anti-Virus is detecting a false positive today, the alert is about a threat of type "Trojan.JS.Redirector.ar" detected in a file that ends in something like show_ads[1].js or just show_ad.js in C:\Documents and settings\...

WHO IS AFFECTED
Any staff or student using a WBS computer (the current default Anti-Virus is Kaspersky Anti-Virus in WBS) who is browsing the web today.

Internet shopping is a great way to buy Christmas presents (hint, hint!). It can be risky however if not done carefully. The following article includes 5 rules of safe online shopping on your home computer. Have a wonderful and safe Christmas.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/6727869/How-to-shop-safely-online-this-Christmas.html

Telephone and office numbers have been removed from the GroupWise address book entries. In the past this information had been updated manually and was a duplication of work done elsewhere. 'Old' addresses in your Frequent Contacts may still have contact information attached but this cannot be guaranteed to be correct. Contact information can now be obtained from the regularly updated MIS telephone list in WBS-Applications. If you find an error in this information, please contact Vicki Stott in Academic Services.