Disabled Network Access?
Has Your Computer Been Disabled On The USU Network?
The email notice you receive from security@usu.edu about your disabled access will direct you to disabled.usu.edu where you can find a brief description of your problem, a recommended solution, and a possible fee payment to regain your network access.
Reasons for Disabling Your Computer:
Your computer registration in IPAM or Bluezone to access the USU Network might be disabled by the IT Security Team for one of three reasons:
• A vulnerability was detected by the Security Team's weekly network scan and you did not respond to a notification that came from security@usu.edu.
• Patterns or signatures typical of a computer that has been compromised or hacked were detected in network traffic from your computer.
• A copyright infringement complaint has been received from the entertainment industry with evidence of file sharing from your computer.
Reasons for Disabling Your Computer:
Your computer registration in IPAM or Bluezone to access the USU Network might be disabled by the IT Security Team for one of three reasons:
• A vulnerability was detected by the Security Team's weekly network scan and you did not respond to a notification that came from security@usu.edu.
• Patterns or signatures typical of a computer that has been compromised or hacked were detected in network traffic from your computer.
• A copyright infringement complaint has been received from the entertainment industry with evidence of file sharing from your computer.
Protect Your Computer
Avoid the $50 fee and protect your computer by:
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• regularly (at least weekly) patching and updating your computer operating system (MS Windows or Apple OSX) and your software, including Office, Acrobat, Flash and Java.
• regularly updating your anti-virus software
• setting complex, strong, and unique passwords
• disabling unused file-sharing and
• avoiding P2P programs to get entertainment files.
Protect Your Computer
Avoid the $50 fee and protect your computer by:
.
• regularly (at least weekly) patching and updating your computer operating system (MS Windows or Apple OSX) and your software, including Office, Acrobat, Flash and Java.
• regularly updating your anti-virus software
• setting complex, strong, and unique passwords
• disabling unused file-sharing and
• avoiding P2P programs to get entertainment files.