Malware infection of University of Calgary computers partly fixed

IT teams at the University of Calgary have succeeded in partly eradicating a malware attack that had officials warning students and staff not to use any school-issued computers Monday morning.

The malwareis still affecting the school'sexchangeemail,Skypefor Business, secure wireless and Active Directory systems.

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"Major progress has been made towards resolving current systems issues caused bymalware, which is software intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems," the U of C said in a release.

The school'swireless network andOffice 365emailsystems are now operational.ExchangeemailandSkypefor Business remain impacted, the school says.

"It is now safe to useUCalgary-issuedcomputers to access availableUCalgarynetworks and applications," officials said in a release. "There are a number of users who remain impacted by themalwareand they will not be able to access anyUCalgarysystems."

Teams have beenworking non-stop to resolve the situation since it was first detected.

"It points out that anybody can be vulnerable. I don't know how they got infected or how themalwaregot in there, but it's a good lesson to everybody to be very, very skeptical if somebody tells you to download a file or click on a link or go to thiswebpage," said U of C professor and cyber-security specialist TomKeenan.

"If you don't recognize it, you shouldn't be doing that."

The U of C says employees should report to work and classes are continuing as scheduled.

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