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Director of Residential Computing Kevin S. Davis ’98 said the Harvard University Arts and Sciences Computer Services (HASCS) has been keeping track of the worm, but there have been no reports that the virus causes any harm to computers it infects...
...After the worm was released on May 18, the Harvard anti-virus server was updated with the latest anti-virus definitions, and students and staff could access updated anti-virus software for their protection,” Davis said...
Representatives from anti-virus companies think the worm managed to spread primarily because the e-mail message appeared to originate from Microsoft. The attached virus was also a “.PIF” file—an unfamiliar file extension that may have caught the curiosity of computer users and tempted them to open the attachment...
...computer did not get infected with the virus as I had found about it from another e-mail list, and so when I got the e-mail, I instantly deleted it,” said Philitas. “One of my friends got infected, and so I’ve told other people to be wary...
...Other than using the latest anti-virus software, students should always install the latest security updates from Microsoft and Apple,” he said. “This is a very easy protection measure…for instance in Windows XP, you can automatically download and install critical security updates from Microsoft...