Cape Fear Community College

Virus and Other Warnings

Welcome to CFCC IT Services Virus and Spyware warning page. Here we will post various warnings concerning malicious software such as viruses, spyware, malware, and any other threats to your computing safety. These warnings may concern home use, or warnings for possible computer threats here on campus.

Please visit our Home Computing Resources page to see what software is available to keep your home computer safe and clean.

Current Known Threats

Virus: "Storm" Worm - The internet has been under siege since July with a very persistent and dangerous virus, technically an internet "worm", researchers have named "Storm".  More than 415 million SPAM e-mail messages have gone out on the internet from July 16 to Aug 1 luring e-mail recipients to malicious Web-sites where the worm is contracted.

Virus: W32/Blaster Worm - The W32/Blaster Worm is a virus that attacks Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Worms can infiltrate vunerable PCs via their internet connection. Information, and removal.

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