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Attention WSU Faculty, Staff, and Students:
CaTS wants you to be aware of two new phishing scams that are targeting university faculty, staff, and students. Please read the below descriptions of these scams.

*Over Quota*

This scam tells you that your email is over quota and that you need to copy and paste a link into your web browser to avoid losing your account. You should not copy and paste this link, as you will be asked to enter your username and password, which could give scammers access to your email and other personal information.

*American Airlines Order Confirmation*

This scam gives you information about a supposed ticket order you placed with American Airlines. The message directs you to open the attached zip file to view your order information. You should not download or open the zip file, as it likely contains a virus which could damage your computer or steal your personal information.

Always remember: If you get ANY email that asks you to click on a link to enter your username and password, DON'T click on it. This is a scam. If you have questions about whether or not a message is a phishing scam, contact the Help Desk at (937) 775-4827.
 

CaTS wants you to know that email notifications/reminders for WINGS Calendar events that are scheduled during the period of March 11 – April 1, 2012, will appear to be one hour behind the scheduled meeting time. Also, the notifications will display the wrong time zone identifier (e.g. EST instead of EDT).

Please be sure to verify all scheduled meetings during this period on your calendar instead of relying on reminders. The event time listed on your calendar will be correct.

Should you have further questions concerning this, feel free to contact the Help Desk by calling (937) 775-4827, or by sending an email to helpdesk@wright.edu.

CaTS would like to remind all students that, as previously mentioned, access to your campus network H:\ drive will no longer be available after March 20, 2012. Originally, we announced a date of March 1, but this has been extended to give you more time to access and move your files.

If you have any files stored on this drive, you will need to copy them to another device or location, such as a flash drive, external hard drive, or SkyDrive (available through RaiderMail). To get help on how to move your files from your campus H:\ drive to SkyDrive, please visit the following website:

https://www.wright.edu/cats/raidermail/skydrive/

As a faculty or staff member, you may have recently heard that CaTS has transitioned all of our student email accounts to RaiderMail, a service offered by Microsoft. One of the many benefits of this new system is the increased email storage space, which currently offers all students 10 GB each. Some faculty members have questioned whether they, too, will be able to use this email system and also receive those benefits, especially the increased email storage.

CaTS would like all faculty and staff members to know that we are currently in talks with the Academic Services Committee (ASC) and IT Committees on the feasibility of moving faculty and staff email/calendar to Microsoft Live, which is the same email system now being used by the students. Along with these talks, we are also working on developing policies and procedures that will address issues unique to a faculty/staff environment. Although an official decision has not yet been made, CaTS is hoping that we can begin moving faculty and staff to Microsoft Live as early as Spring Quarter.

CaTS will continue to notify the university as more information and details become available.