Category: Students

Replacement Cycle, Students

Students: ITS is hiring summer employees

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ITS is accepting applications for student employees to help with imaging and deploying new computers this summer. Please apply online. Title: Summer Technical Support Associate (Summer Upgraders) Classification: Category III pay rate Hours: 8:30-4:30 weekdays; starting late May until early August. Duties: Upgrade faculty/staff computers according to described procedure. This includes backing up files on the old computer, configuring new computer, installing files on the new computer, installing software and removal of old computer hardware. Candidate should be: 1) very comfortable with the Mac OS and Windows XP Operating Systems 2) able to lift and move heavy computer equipment around … Continue reading Students: ITS is hiring summer employees

Faculty/Staff, Security, Software, Students, Tips

Important (but easy) Tips for Office Computer Security

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Hackers especially love the holidays because there are lots of new, unprotected computers to compromise and silently take over. Even without new computers to exploit, there has been an alarming increase in the amount of malware (viruses, spyware, etc.) being installed recently on Swarthmore community systems. The following tips will help keep your existing computer (regardless of operating system), and especially new out-of-the-box systems, more resistant to viruses, spyware and other malware. These tips are crucial to protecting the contents and integrity of your office computer. Of course, these tips also apply to your home computer. For more security tips, … Continue reading Important (but easy) Tips for Office Computer Security

Security, Students

Beware Free Videos from Friends on Facebook

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According to security experts and anti-virus software vendor F-Secure, a new malware attack is currently being spread via Facebook pages. The attacks are propagated by a malicious worm which steals victims Facebook information. Users receive a message from infected friends with links to a YouTube video. If Windows users click on the link to view the video, they are prompted to first download an updated version of Flash. If the rogue Flash program is installed, the worm scans the newly infected users system for Facebook cookies and, in turn, sends new attack messages to the victims friend list. Since the … Continue reading Beware Free Videos from Friends on Facebook

Academic Technology, Faculty/Staff, Software, Students

Mathematica Unlimited

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New passwords for 2008-2009 are available on the data-software server, including a new unlimited, network-independent license for students to install on their own computers. Detailed instructions on updating your system can be found for Mac and PC on the data-software server. For faculty and staff, when you launch Mathematica, you may be prompted to enter a new password. To get the password for your platform, browse to the data-software server and look in the faculty_staff folder for Mathematica. The Mathematica 6 readme file contains the new password you need for Mathematica 6. The Mathematica 5.2 readme file contains the password … Continue reading Mathematica Unlimited

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Summer job opportunity: Student Web Intern

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The ITS Web Projects Team is looking for a student intern to help with website development this summer. This is an opportunity to work in a collaborative team environment and learn marketable job skills. You will receive training in Ingeniux, the College’s content management system, and other web-related software such as Dreamweaver and Photoshop as needed. Work hours and schedule are negotiable. Ideally, you will be able to continue working with us next academic year as well. The Work Your work and projects will be assigned based on your skills and interests and may include: assist with developing new websites: … Continue reading Summer job opportunity: Student Web Intern

Faculty/Staff, Help Desk, Security, Software, Students, Tips

McAfee SiteAdvisor Makes Safe Surfing Easier

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McAfee SiteAdvisor is now bundled with Swarthmore McAfee Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware Version 8.5 for Windows PCs. You’ll know that SiteAdvisor is running on your PC if you notice an icon like the following on your Internet Explorer (shown) and/or Firefox browser: SiteAdvisor visually indicates whether a web site you’re visiting has been determined to be safe or otherwise. The SiteAdvisor icon will be one of the following colors: green – the site has been judged by McAfee to be safe yellow – the site has user feedback indicating it may not be safe red – the site contains malicious software, downloads or … Continue reading McAfee SiteAdvisor Makes Safe Surfing Easier