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Campus Virus sites:

Campus         Virus Information Site

Amherst          http://www.oit.umass.edu/virus/

Boston            http://itstatus.umb.edu/

Dartmouth      http://www.umassd.edu/cits/news.cfm 

Lowell           http://intranet.uml.edu/itsecurity/advisories.htm

Worcester     http://inside.umassmed.edu/is/support/virusupdates/
(please note that you must have a Worcester Campus id and password to access this site) 

Before posting a virus alert, ensure that your are not perpetuating a hoax by looking at one of the sites below. If you are still unsure if the virus alert is a hoax contact your systems administrator. Some good sites to verify if a virus is a hoax or not are:

Symantec Antivirus Research Center

FSecure

SOPHOS

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