{"id":20743,"date":"2003-09-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-09-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/09\/11\/its-virus-protection-update-needed\/"},"modified":"2003-09-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-09-11T05:00:00","slug":"its-virus-protection-update-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/09\/11\/its-virus-protection-update-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"ITS: Virus protection update needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>On Wednesday, Microsoft announced  a critical software vulnerability that could impact workstations and servers. This is a variant of the Blaster worm. This is a new vulnerability requiring a new critical patch.    <\/p>\n<p>As of Wednesday afternoon, there were no known instances of the worm.   However, the timeframe for the worm to start appearing could be short.   ITS needs your help. It is very important that the latest  Microsoft Critical Patches are installed on all workstations.  ITS is also asking individuals to make sure their &#8220;auto update&#8221; feature for Microsoft and Antivirus software is turned ON.  <\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/info.unmc.edu\/helpdesk\/\" target=\"_blanK\" rel=\"noopener\">ITS HelpDesk site<\/a> for directions on how to complete the manual update for critical patches and how to turn on the auto-update feature.<\/p>\n<p>If you need assistance call the HelpDesk at 559-7700 or your computer support person.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Microsoft announced  a critical software vulnerability that could impact workstations and servers. This is a variant of the Blaster worm. 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