Month: November 2011

VPN Access Unavailable Thursday December 1

Remote and local VPN access to campus computers and the Battery Network will be unavailable on Thursday December 1, 2011 from 11 AM until noon for planned system maintenance. If you have any concerns, please contact Helpdesk by emailing helpdesk@cofc.edu or calling 3-3375. Thank you very much for your cooperation as we continue to upgrade…Continue Reading VPN Access Unavailable Thursday December 1

Unscheduled IT Outage for FS2 (Updated)

Updated 1:40 pm Access to the FS2 server has been restored. Technicians are continuing to monitor the system for further issues.  All users with folders/files located on FS2 should now be able to access that information. Thank you very much for your understanding during the unscheduled outage, and we apologize for the inconvenience.   Previously We…Continue Reading Unscheduled IT Outage for FS2 (Updated)

Don’t fall for the phish trick

The Oxford English Dictionary defines phishing as “Fraud perpetrated on the Internet; spec. the impersonation of reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers, online.” Everyday thousands of email messages are sent to and from the College of Charleston.  Unfortunately some of these messages are…Continue Reading Don’t fall for the phish trick

IT Outage Notification Sunday, November 13, 2011

The following applications will have an interruption (less than 1 hour but could be longer) to normal services on Sunday, November 13, 2011 sometime between 7:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. for planned system maintenance: Banner Relationship Management (BRM), BDMS,  POSM, DegreeWorks, StarRez, WorkFlow,  and Axiom   If you are using these applications on Sunday, please…Continue Reading IT Outage Notification Sunday, November 13, 2011

IT Outage Notification Sunday, November 13, 2011

The following applications will have an interruption (less than 1 hour but could be longer) to normal services on Sunday, November 13, 2011 sometime between 7:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. for planned system maintenance: Banner Relationship Management (BRM), BDMS,  POSM, DegreeWorks, StarRez, WorkFlow,  and Axiom   If you are using these applications on Sunday, please…Continue Reading IT Outage Notification Sunday, November 13, 2011

Phishing Attack- email delayed

You may receive non-delivery email messages from a number of email providers, including Hotmail, AOL and Comcast.  This is the result of a compromised email account that sent out thousands of spam messages.  Because of this we have been blocked by some mail systems as spammers.  Most of these blocks will be removed within the…Continue Reading Phishing Attack- email delayed