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1. CUFSRDB Expense Summary on the Web A Service for University Departments Available on the AIS IDEA Home Page World Wide Web Access You can now view a CUFSRDB Expense Summary report for spon sored accounts from the CUFSRDB database via the World Wide Web This report is a simplified version of an expense budget summary for a specific Fund Area Org The summary page shows inception to date expenses and unobligated budget balances in Object code order Detailed transactions for an Object code are also available When s the Data Updated The data in this report is refreshed the last working day of each week with the current data in CUFS Note the data in this report will only be as current as the data in CUFS thus if the data was not entered into CUFS during the week the refresh of this report will not include the data either Who Can Access It To access this report you must have access to the World Wide Web and the CUFSRDB database How to Obtain Access You can obtain access to the CUFSRDB database by completing a request for a user ID and password contact FSS Security Darlene Anton 624 8394 and forwarding it via campus mail to Financial Systems Support Security Officer 1300 S 2nd Street Suite 294 Minneapolis MN 55455 To View the Report The Web address is http notes ais umn edu Click on the CUFS Expense Summary report Enter IDEA user ID IDEA Password Fund number for which you want information2. see Dial in Server B _CONSULTANT MICRO UMN EDU O Help by E mail for POPmail or Gopher or SLIP or Minuet Format NAME BOOMBOX MICRO UMN EDU AIS SecurelD V 32 eade Ruas 626 1061 B 300 1200 2400 1 0 ccccccececcecceceeceeeeseeeeeeeees 6 7770 BG tn3270 amp Telnet ADMIN AIS UMN EDU O EPX NVE UZ VX VZB 300 9600 see Dial in Server B EPX or UZ or VX or VZ or NVE CIS UMN EDU O EPX NVE 300 1200 2400 cccecceeee 625 1445 B up to 19 2 campus data phone secc 3 2400 amp VM1 at 7 1 even G60 8 ori EE E A 624 3668 B 1200 2400 amp lt 19 2 campus data phone 4 4220 B VM1 SPCS UMN EDU O News Server NEWS TC UMN EDU O FAX via E mail note John Doe amp 9 9999 are examples pn John Doe dd fax 9 9999 fax tc umn edu U of Minnesota Web http www tc umn edu O Distributed Computing _http www micro umn edu O Central Computing http www umn edu ccs O Trademarks Internet Gopher and POPmail are registered trademarks of the University of Minnesota Please be legible Help us keep our costs down by using a campus mailing address whenever possible Thanks Pe ee ee 7 i Computing amp Information Services Subscription Request E e Newsletter U Short Course Bulletin U Both publications U Services Add Q Cancel Q Change as shown U The University of Minnesota is com mitted to the policy that all persons Name should have equal access to its programs facilities and employ
3. Here are two typical examples DEVICE C F PROT VIRSTOP EXE If you are using DOS 5 or 6 you can use DEVICEHIGH C F PROT VIRSTOP EXE Unless you specify a drive VIRSTOP assumes you want to check the c drive If you use any memory managers such as 386MAX HIMEM or QEMM they must be loaded before VIRSTOP is loaded so be careful where you insert the VIRSTOP line If you re using Novell Netware or other software that takes over load and execute functions you ll want to read the relevant tips in the virstop doc file VIRSTOP Incompatibility Automatic scanning software such as VIRSTOP usually gets in the way when you want to install new software Many programs warn you to turn off virus detection software before you begin to install them One way to turn off VIRSTOP is to add the remark REM statement to the line that activates it for example REM DEVICE C F PROT VIRSTOP EXE VIRSTOP Note for Windows 95 Users This notation is from the file called virstop doc VIRSTOP is not designed to be run under Win dows 795 and will only work partially in that environment it is not able to check boot sectors on access Note that the Win 795 version of VIRSTOP does not have those problems VIRSTOP is not designed to be run under Windows 95 It s ZIPPed Initially the F PROT package is condensed into one file the current version
4. subdivisions ltimedia Entertainment Inc ltimedia Games Inc ltimedia Group Inc ltimedia Inc 10 subdivisions ltimedia Labs Inc SS z GGG a z z 5 Rec m WBOrRPRFRFODEF yg D the Talk Channel 1 Page 12 February 1996 Computer and Figure 5 A Display of Citations on Multimedia Production InfoTrac igs Hy Expanded Academic ASAP Brief Citations Key Words multimedia production 1 of 13 1 A guide to multimedia production staffing Judson Rosebush CD ROM Professional July 1995 v8 n7 p32 8 Elec Coll A17379310 Press Enter for abstract and text 2 Taking multimedia to new heights teaching students to handle multimedia production projects Leslie Gross NEA Today Dec 1994 v13 n5 pl7 1 Mag Coll 77K1772 Elec Coll A16494220 Abstract and Text Available 3 Information middleman Creative Multimedia Company Profile Company Profile Jeff Sengstack CD ROM Professional Sept Oct 1994 v7 n5 p59 9 Elec Coll A15822424 Abstract and Text Available 4 The holographic medium a profile of Hyperbole Studio includes related articles on the games The Madness of Display Narrow Explore F4 Return to subject list B Backfile F12 Page Down Display full record Fl Help F2 Start Over N A Mark Figure 6 Sample Record in Expanded Academic ASAP InfoTrac EF Expanded
5. Area number for which you want information Org number for which you want information Click on continue Click on Click here to retrieve your results The results will be summarized on your screen by Object code Note the results can also be down loaded by clicking on the second option click here to retrieve your results in an ASCII comma delimited format You will need a Web Browser that is capable of handling Tables such as Netscape 1 1 or Mosaic 2 0 to view this Report Detailed Transactions To view the detailed transactions for an Object click on the Object code Note you can view detailed transactions for only one Object code at a time Questions 624 0555 For questions on viewing this report or for informa tion on accessing the BASIS AIS home page contact the BASIS Customer Assistance Center 624 0555 Submitted by BASIS amp Training Services cc Information Services February 1996 Page 9 Searching for Articles on Current Topics amp Issues Nancy K Herther Manager Integrated Information Center of the University Libraries Select Indexes Using LUMINA and selecting INDEXES you will find a wide variety of databases available for free searching by current Univer sity students staff and faculty Recently I was asked by a faculty member to help him find Tie _ I ll _ o ZA recent information on producing his own multimedia CD ROMs Since this involves a wide
6. During the first cycle of the CleanAll macro you will not see the dialog box showing the current status of the search Word for the Macintosh In Word for the Macintosh the Directory box in the Batch Macro Cleanup dialog box shows Macintosh HD as the default If your hard disk has a different name you ll need to remove the e It is recommend ed that the Start Docu ments Menu be cleared prior to running the macro This is done by right mouse clicking on the task bar choosing Proper ties selecting the Start Menu Programs tab choosing the Clear button e Ifyou have any shortcuts to documents in Macintosh HD text and type the name of your hard disk instead Read What Others Say Yow ll find a collection of other information on the Word virus at this Web site http csrce ncsl nist gov first your Start Documents Menu the macro E will follow them to their origin which can resources word html Good Times Virus Hoax b I Periodically we still hear about the Good Times E mail virus You may too There is no such virus but the rumor is long lived enough to have its own FAQ frequently asked questions You can access the FAQ at the Web URL shown in Figure 1 What s the Story To answer that question we ll quote from the FAQ maintained by Les Jones The story is that a virus called Good Times is being carried by email Just reading a mes sage wit
7. Expanded Academic ASAP Start a Search EasyTrac provides two simple ways to search Subject Guide and Key Word Enter word s for SUBJ ECT GUIDE and press Enter Browse listings of subjects personal names or companies that include the word s you type e g rap music y Word Search censorship or Boris Yeltsin Search for article references by combining words or phrases from titles authors or subjects earch using key words e g family values AND Dan Quayle Exit to database list Help F10 PowerTrac advanced search Information Services February 1996 Page 11 Boris Yeltsin Key Word Search Search for article references by combining words or phrases from titles authors or subjects e g family values AND Dan Quayle Try the Subject Guide First trying multimedia in the subject guide we get a list of subjects containing this word that we can consult This is useful if you know the first word of a product company or organization name for example but are uncertain of the full correct title In this case we retrieve many interesting options many of which are company names Figure 4 The Subject Guide appears after successful subject searches but not after key word searches The Subject Guide lists all EasyTrac subject headings containing your entry along with the number of citations found for each heading The subject head ings
8. an exception Word users should read our virus article elsewhere in this news letter Viruses come from all over the world Poten tially any microcomputer workstation or mainframe is vulnerable to a virus attack Most computer problems are not related to viruses If your computer begins to act strangely we strongly recommend that you check the standard problem areas before looking for a virus About F PROT F PROT from Data Fellows is software for IBM compatibles F PROT EXE will scan for and option ally remove viruses If you run F PROT from a floppy disk you can lock the disk and keep F PROT free from infection The drawback is speed running software from a floppy disk is much slower than using a hard disk To use F PROT you can simply type the command F PROT Once the program s self test ascertains that it has not been infected it presents you with several options including Scan and Quit To search for viruses select the Scan option The document called read_me doc Generally viruses are just an annoyance contains more basic information about the F PROT shareware package You can copy F PROT from our IBM Informa tion Server Instructions for acquiring the software are covered in the Obtaining Software article elsewhere in this newsletter It s Shareware The F PROT software is free of charge for any individual using it on his her personally owned computer which is not used for a commercial p
9. http www umn edu registrar CALENDAR HTM Last revised December 1995 Free Help Computing amp Information Technologies University of Minnesota Accounts Phone Help Line Hours Distributed Systems Microcomputers Workstations LANs Software hardware peripherals local area networks Central Systems Basis These systems require a user name and password which you get when you open an account Qualified users can apply for grants to cover some computing related costs EPX Unix NVE NOS VE UZ Ultrix VX and VZ VMS VM1 IBM CMS 90 Coffey Hall walk in consulting E mail and Internet a a Ea Aan 626 4276 M F 9 am to 4 pm O East Bank 152 Shepherd Labs 065 West Bank 93 B lege M sicsiciccceikediiades iG eaeteenaneheciees St Paul 58 Biological Sciences Center Mpatie 626 8366 M F 9 am to 4 pm erlie a aan 624 6235 M F 9 11 am 2 4 pm Call for help using your University ACCOUNL ccsccseceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeens 626 7676 M F 9 am to 4 pm Forgot your password Staff call 626 8366 Students go in person to Microcomputer Facilities in Blegen 455 6 7778 Central Libr B50 4 3269 COB 17 or 135 6 1252 4 9226 Eddy Hall 54 5 0314 Elliott 121 4 0866 Folwell 14 5 4896 HHH 50 4 6526 Lind 26 6 0856 McNeal 305 4 5
10. is called fp 221 zip To expand unarchive it use the PRUNZIP pro gram The zip software is available at the top root level of the IBM Information Server To install F PROT onto your c drive into a directory called f prot you can type the following DOS commands at the DOS prompt C cd md f prot cd f prot COPY ai Eas pkunzip fp 221 The above instructions assume youw re installing F PROT from a floppy disk that is in drive a the copy a line More F PROT Information You can get more information about F PROT at the Data Fellows Web site which is mirrored in the USA at this URL http www DataFellows com That site includes these sections Computer virus information An on line virus database The database covers virus names from A 204 and Adolf to Zherkov and ZZ as well as names such as 16580 and 60_boots Page 6 February 1996 Computer and This section also points to other sources of computer virus information on the Internet F PROT Professional The Anti Virus and Data Security Toolkit F PROT Professional is a commercial version of the F PROT shareware software The professional pack age includes additional tools In this section you ll find information about tools for Windows Windows 95 and OS 2 Keep Current Keep Safe Since new viruses keep emerging you should use the most recent versions of virus combating programs We provide updates t
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12. that appear when you perform a subject search may include the names of companies and people mentioned in articles After you select a subject heading press lt Enter gt to obtain a list of the citations associated with it Searching by Keyword Multimedia is such a broad term we decide to limit our search to keywords using the phrase multimedia production Using the keyword option we retrieve a listing of brief citations Figure 5 Using this we can choose one of the citations to look at and will get a citation and abstract If full text is available you can view this as well Figure 6 gives you a sample record minus the full text As you can see we have been able to find useful information on a very timely topic from a wide variety of publications Academic Index is an excellent database for general research that short research paper or to use like an encyclopedia to search for detailed informa tion at your desktop on some popular topic or research term Figure 4 Search the Subject Guide InfoTrac EF Expanded Academic ASAP Subject Guide Subjects containing the words multimedia A 2s Se z edia edia Broadcasting Co edia Cablevision Inc edia Classrooms Inc ltimedia Communications Group ltimedia Communications Inc ltim im m m m m ltimedia Design Corp im 4 m m m m DET 1ti lti e SERRER E eS a seis z timedia Entertainment Inc 14
13. variety of issues from the economics of publishing to how CD ROMs are made to the various elements of multimedia design I decided to try one of the multidisciplinary databases All the databases in Figure 1 offer information on a wide range of subjects and from a broad variety of resource materials They are all excellent starting points for research on topics that cross disciplinary boundaries By typing the brief coded name for the database at the left such as ACAD you can access any of these databases The contents of each are also briefly described here For this research we chose Academic Index because it con tains not only citations and abstracts but in many cases the full text of the articles generally minus any charts picture captions etc One stop shopping for busy researchers ACAD Expanded Academic Index When you type in ACAD you are given two choices depending on the nature of the research that you have ACAD Expanded Academic Index ASAP 1992 date ACADB Expanded Academic Index Backfile 1980 1991 If you only want recent information ACAD is the best place to begin and may give you all the infor mation that you need If you want background information or you are covering a topic subject that dates prior to 1992 you will want to search both Academic Index is owned by the Information Access Company a major database producer in the library and information marketplace This database is one
14. which the University negotiated a contract for with the participation of the various MINITEX libraries in this region It provides access to general magazine and trade literature as well as a wide variety of journals and technical publications It is best used when you need general information background information for analysis of impact or trends or other general purposes If you need hard core business engineering or other information you will also want to check other more specialized databases that we offer through LUMINA Figure 1 Sample Databases contents and abstracts of current scholarly journals North American doctoral theses ACAD Academic Index journals and magazines CCON Current Contents DSA Dissertation Abstracts GPI Government Periodicals Index 175 federal govt IIN Inside Information contents information LEGI LEGI SLATE federal legislation and regulations MAGS Magazine Index Plus popular magazines NEWAB Newspaper Abstracts 25 national and regional newspapers some full text 1980 date 1861 date journals 1993 date for 10 000 current journals 1980 date 1989 date some full text Page 10 February 1996 Computer and Subjects covered by the Expanded Academic Each screen highlights the options or function Index vary from astronomy to religion from law to keys that are currently being used To display a sociology psychology to humanities current event
15. 00 and 2400 Personal LaserWriter 300 LaserWriter 4 600PS LaserWriter Select 360 LaserWriter 16 1600PS or Color LaserWriter 12 600PS and save 150 Purchase Date Restrictions and More Qualifying Apple Power Payback products must be purchased on the same day MK between January 6 1996 and March 17 1996 for the PowerMac 7200 and PowerBook offers MK between January 27 1996 and March 17 1996 for the Performa offer To receive the rebate you must send in a completed mail in rebate coupon and the original sales receipt Each qualifying order will receive a coupon when the equipment is purchased Coupons are also available at the Computer Store The sales receipt must be dated Your rebate check should arrive 6 8 weeks later B Holiday Calendar 1996 1997 Campus Calendars 1995 1997 February 1st Calendar Error The January issue of the Computer and Information Services Newsletter has a one page 1996 calendar It s wrong February Ist begins on a Thursday not on a Tuesday The other dates including University Holiday information are OK I apologize for any inconvenience Mary Kelleher Editor You can access the 1996 97 Holiday Calendar from the Human Resources Policy Information s Web site It s in the Non Academic Policies section here is the URL http www fpd finop umn edu 4 HRContents HTML You ll find Academic Year calendars for the Twin Cities campus at this Web site HTM is correct
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17. Academic ASAP Full Records Key Words multimedia production 1 of 13 Source CD ROM Professional July 1995 v8 n7 p32 8 Title A guide to multimedia production staffing Author Judson Rosebush Abstract The staffing needs of a multimedia production company will be dependent on a number of factors including the type of work to be produced and the condition of the multimedia market Some of the key individuals necessary for the production of a multimedia title include a producer an ditor in chief and a director Other employees working on a title can include writers proofreaders and graphic artists Subjects Multimedia software Product development Computer software industry Personnel management SIC code 7372 Display Narrow Explore F4 Brief citation display B Backfile Next F12 Page Down Display brief citations F1 Help F2 Start Over N A Mark Information Services February 1996 Page 13 Macintosh tn3270 Terminal Emulation Software Function Key Menu 7 N Function Keys p NS 4 Don t Stop Here Be sure to check MNCAT in LUMINA to see if the publications cited in this or other databases are owned by the Libraries If so you can stop in yourself or order copies to be made for you and delivered to your office address from LUMINA to U call 626 2260 for more information If we don t own some thing we can get it for you through our Interlibrary Loan services check w
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19. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Computer and Information Services Newsletter This newsletter is an information resource for the University of Minnesota Volume 5 Number 8 February 1996 Features Protect Your Software from the Microsoft Word Macro ViruS 65 1 F PROT Virus Protection for Windows and DOS ccccccceceeceeeeee eens 4 What About Macs cccccccececeeeeeeeees 6 Obtaining Software from Our IBM and Mac Information Servers 7 MicroSoft Site ccccccecceceeceeeeeeeeeeees 7 February 1st Calendar Error ccssceeeees 14 Good Times Virus HOaX ccceceeceeeeeeeeeees 3 For University Departments CUFSRDB Expense Summary Report ON NE WED ninss tranor roino a ances 8 Virtual Library Searching for Articles on Current Topics amp ISSUES 6685 9 PF amp F Function KeYS cccecceeeneeeees 13 Computer Store News Apple Rebate Offers ccccccecseeeeeeeeeeees 14 en Printed on recycled paper en Addressing amp Mailing s a2 Cheshire labels are recyclable a2 Protect Your Software from the Microsoft Word Macro Virus If you use Word 6 0 for Win dows 3 1 Word 6 0 1 for the Macintosh Word 6 0 for Win dows NT or Word for Windows 95 you should obtain an update from Microsoft that provides protection from a virus known as the prank or macro virus The virus is a nuisance not vicious It does not ha
20. d remove the macro It will also prevent re installation of the macro How do I know whether or not I have been affected The first time you open a document con taining the macro you will see a dialog box that only contains the number 1 and an OK button You can also verify whether or not the macro is installed by selecting the Macro command from the Tools menu if the list contains the following macros AAAZAO and AAAZFS it has been installed Can I prevent getting this macro There are two methods to prevent getting the prank macro You can install the scan ning tool and it will prevent you from getting the macro in the future You can also disable the mechanism that allows the macro to install itself by holding down the shift key when opening a template or document Q Will a box of Word or Office that I buy in the store contain it The prank macro does not exist in any version of Word or Office that you would buy in a store You can only get it by open ing a Word document or template that already contains the macro Q When I try to save the Scan Tool document by choosing Save As from the File menu I can only save it as a template Does that mean the Scan Tool document contains the prank macros A No The Scan Tool document is actually a Word template that stores the macros that scan and clean your Word installation and documents It is normal Word behavior to offer only the templat
21. e option in the Save As dialog box when your current document is actually a template Installing the Scan Tool Fix is Easy This document contains cleanup macros that do the following a Remove prank macros from Normal template b Install a protective macro preventing the installation of the prank macro c Offer the option of scanning the hard drive for documents containing the prank macros d Detect documents affected by the prank macros Simply open this document to begin the scan ning process Note The scanning process may take an ex tended amount of time depending on the size of your hard drive and the number of docu ments and templates the process has to scan Also Word may prompt you at various times when the document it is trying to open contains a link to a data source which requires a pass word or contains the prank macros Computer and Information Services February 1996 Page 3 Close all other documents before opening the Scan Tool document When the Clean All portion of the SCAN tool runs it opens and closes all eligible documents SCAN may close cause problems if you no longer have access to them e g file has been deleted network share that the file resides on is no longer available etc documents that are currently opened To ensure you do not lose any work close all other docu ments before opening SCAN Tool document or running CleanAll Word for Windows 95 e
22. h Good Times in the subject line will erase your hard drive or even destroy your computer s processor Needless to say it s a hoax but a lot of people believed it The original message ended with instructions to Forward this to all your friends and many people did just that Warnings about Good Times have been widely distributed on mailing lists Usenet Figure 1 Good Virus Hoax FAQ newsgroups and message boards The original hoax started in early December 1994 In mid April a new version of the hoax that mentioned a long since retracted FCC report began circulating Wor ried that Good Times would never go away I decided to write the FAQ and a separate report that chronicles the hoax s history http www mcb ucdavis edu info virus html Page 4 February 1996 Computer and F PROT Virus Protection for Windows and DOS Upgrade to Version 2 21 About Viruses Computer viruses are like human viruses except they are much more aggressive opportunists They infect and irritate Their main objective is to multiply and they generate symptoms along the way Symptoms can be anything from writing a simple statement on your monitor slowing down your system or erasing a hard disk gt x Most viruses infect system files and program files This means the documents you create probably will not be damaged by an infection Some Microsoft Word 6 documents are
23. ine documentation pro vided with the freeware Disinfectant program by John Norstad How to obtain the software is covered in the Obtaining Software article elsewhere in this newsletter Mac users may also want to read the Keep Current Keep Safe section of the F PROT article Information Services February 1996 Page 7 Obtaining Software from Our Mac amp IBM Information Servers This issue mentions several programs that are available from our Infor mation Servers the Word macro M virus software F PROT for IBMs Disinfectant for Macs and tn3270 for Macs We recommend that you have one 3 5 inch disk for each piece of software that you want to copy N gt Macintosh The Macintosh Information Server is connected to the campus wide network It can be accessed from any Mac connected to the network by clicking on the user name Guest To see the server s name select Chooser from the menu Then select AppleShare and MicroCenter from the AppleTalk Zones section You can also access the server via TurboGopher The host name Gopher URL and Home Gopher is shown below mac info micro umn edu GOPHER mac info micro umn edu 70 Computer Information Macintosh Information Servers University of Minnesota Mac Info Server Information The number of simultaneous Gopher users is re stricted access is also restricted to computers with IP addresses from the University of Minnesota For
24. ing a copy of the software read the Ob taining Software article elsewhere in this newsletter Information Internet Applications 1N3270 Sample Settings tn3270 software is also available for IBMs you ll find it on the IBM Information Server Page 14 February 1996 Computer and Computer Store 625 3854 You can charge your purchases on your MasterCard Visa and Discover accounts http www bookstore micro umn edu Apple Rebate Offers buy a PowerMac 7200 and any 17 or 20 Apple display and 9K save 200 buy a PowerMac 7200 and an Apple LaserWriter Select 360 LaserWriter 16 600PS or Color LaserWriter 12 600PS printer and 9K save 200 buy a PowerMac 7200 and any 17 or 20 Apple display and an Apple LaserWriter Select 360 LaserWriter 16 600PS or a Color LaserWriter 12 600PS printer and 9K save 500 Qualifying PowerMac 7200 Configurations The keyboard and display are sold separately e 7200 75 8 500 CD 1400 e 7200 90 8 500CD 1530 buy any PowerBook notebook or subnotebook computer and any of these Apple printers StyleWriter 1200 Portable Color StyleWriter 2200 Color StyleWriter 2400 Personal LaserWriter 300 LaserWriter 4 500PS LaserWriter Select 360 LaserWriter 16 600PS Color LaserWriter 12 600PS and 9K save 150 buy the Performa 6214 when you purchase any of these Apple printers Apple StyleWriter 1200 Color StyleWriters 22
25. ith any campus library for details Academic Index is only one multidisplinary database available for you to use LUMINA also includes many very important research databases covering technologies and products Take a few minutes to look through the LUMINA menus I think you ll be surprised at the variety and depth of resources that the Libraries has brought to your office or home And don t forget the Libraries We have CD ROM databases and other critical information avail able throughout campus beyond these databases to help you with your research Check them out 2 Nancy K Herther is Manager of the Integrated Information Center of the University Libraries She can be reached at room 7 Walter Library East Bank 624 2020 Internet nherther iic lib umn edu PF amp F Function Keys The database discussed in the Virtual Library column s Searching for Articles on Current Topics amp Issues uses F or PF keys which are absent from most Macintosh keyboards To access these keys you can use the pulldown Function Key menu in the tn3270 terminal emulation program The Microcomputer HelpLine distributes this software Once it s on your hard disk you can access it through the Libraries menu in TurboGopher you can also use it directly by clicking on the tn3270 icon The software is available on the Mac Informa tion Server To reach it follow the path shown below For more detailed information on gett
26. o popular shareware on our Macintosh and IBM Information Servers You also can periodically check the VIRUS L several sources including the Web http and the FTP sites listed below http www datafellows com vl faq htm ftp cert org pub virus 1 FAQ virus 1l Write Protect Floppy Disks The VIRUS L FAQ answers questions such as Q Will a write protect tab on a floppy disk stop viruses A In general yes The write protection on IBM PC and compatible and Macintosh floppy disk drives is implemented in hardware not software so viruses cannot infect a diskette when the write protection mechanism is functioning properly But remember a A computer may have a faulty write protect system this happens you can test it by trying to copy a file to the diskette when it is presum ably write protected b Someone may have removed the tab for awhile allowing a virus on c The files may have been infected before the disk was protected FAQ frequently asked questions It is available from E Disinfectant 3 6 You can copy Disinfectant 3 6 popular Macintosh virus detec tion and removal software from the Mac Information Server Disinfectant is free and is provided by Northwestern University The VIRUS L computer virus FAQ frequently amp What About Macs asked questions makes this statement about Disinfectant The best source of informa tion available on Apple Macintosh viruses is the on l
27. rm the files on your disks Below are excerpts from the document that accompanies the software we recommend that you read the entire document The software is available on our IBM and Macintosh Information Servers a separate article goes into detail about obtaining the software from the information servers Q What is the Word prank macro A Microsoft Word is a target of a virus like macro which distributes itself through documents created in Word 6 0 for Windows 3 1 Word 6 0 1 for the Macintosh Word 6 0 for Win dows NT and Word for Windows 95 This macro does not affect earlier versions of Word for Windows or Word for the Macintosh Page 2 February 1996 ae ae After you open a document containing the macro documents you save will contain copies of it Once installed the macro only lets you save documents as templates The macro does not otherwise affect the contents of documents but it will replicate and distribute itself through Word documents How serious is the prank macro and what is the worst thing that could happen The macro does not cause data loss or any other serious system corruption but is an annoyance However if your system is affected the File Save As command in Word will cause your documents to be saved as templates These templates will contain the macro How do I get rid of this macro Microsoft has developed a scanning tool that will scan all of your documents an
28. s selected citation simply press the lt ENTER gt key to history general sciences to humanities Basic Searching Options Figure 2 gives you some basic information on your search options for this database Expanded Academic ASAP offers two basic ways to search the database Subject Guide and Key Word You can search the database by subject heading or Figure 3 keyword much like you do when using the MNCAT database in LUMINA for cataloging information from the University Libraries Subject Guide allows you to browse listings of subjects personal names or companies that include the word s you type e g rap music censorship or Figure 2 Academic Index Some Important Commands and Function Keys To To To To To To To return to previous line or select previous citation F7 advance to next line or select next citation F8 return to previous page in a citation list or text F11 advance to next page ina choose the previous optio Citation list or text F12 n from the bottom left of the screen F5 choose the next option from the bottom left of the screen F6 access help while using I Enter XQ to return to main nfoTrace hlp LUMINA menu Enter BQ to return to ACADEMIC menu Enter BAC to return to MULTIDISCIPLINARY DATABASES menu Figure 3 Expanded Academic ASAP ry E Ke F8 S Subject Guide ry the Subject Guide first InfoTrac EF
29. ur pose F PROT is not free to institutions If after evaluating the software a department decides to continue using it they should contact the vendor and pay for the software Licensing documentation is included with the software and pricing information is in the file called order doc That document states The customer is not expected to keep accurate count of the number of computers which the soft ware is installed on only to provide a reasonable estimate The University does not have a site license for F PROT We distribute it complying with the requirements in the file called distrib doc VIRSTOP The F PROT shareware package includes a module called VIRSTOP that can be loaded to check con tinuously for virus attacks to software stored on your hard drive It does not check for viruses automatically when you insert a floppy disk into your machine VIRSTOP will not allow a program to execute if it suspects that program is infected A note of cau tion VIRSTOP does not detect the same number of viruses as F PROT The document called virstop doc contains more tips for using VIRSTOP as part of your first aid kit Information Services February 1996 Page 5 To get VIRSTOP to automatically check your programs you must add a line to your AUTOEXEC BAT or CONFIG SYS file Data Fellows recommends that you load VIRSTOP from your CONFIG SYS file The exact line you must add depends on your computer setup
30. virus protection and tn3270 software look respectively in these sections Virus Software Internet Applications IBM and Windows The IBM Information Server is connected to the campus wide network The software is on the Public drive called p We also provide anonymous FTP access to this server To access it connect to the machine named bingo2 micro umn edu Since most information except the readme docu ments is in binary format make sure you get transfer the files in binary mode rather than in text mode This server is running Novell s Netware If you are also on a Novell network you may be able to access the server To determine if you can type slist If you see the server named micro_info you can log in as user guest and access all the soft ware available on the p drive Look for the Word virus software named scan831 doc in this directory p virus word Look for the F PROT software in this directory p virus f prot V Microsoft The Word virus software is also available from Microsoft s anonymous ftp site at ftp microsoft com Softlib mslfiles The MSL files are text files zipped files pkzip or self extracting files and can only be obtained by their Filenames Mac files are converted to BinHex format Below are the files names The Macintosh name ends in hqx the Windows name ends in exe mw1l222 hqx wd1215 exe Page 8 February 1996 Computer and
31. within the U S Some funds are LJ We receive notices of software and hardware fixes seminars helpful hints and various provided by the Book Center which computer related items from many sources This information may be of immediate importance does not represent any manufac or interest to the University community To make this information available in a timely manner turer distributor or retail outlet we periodically send out E mail news bulletins To subscribe to Microcomputer News send and is not responsible for any error E mail to news request boombox micro umn edu or change in price description or availability with respect to any prod uct or service Computer and Information Services Newsletter University of Minnesota Academic amp Distributed Computing Services Room 190 Shepherd Labs 100 Union Street SE Minneapolis MN 55455 0421 Nonprofit Organization U S Postage PAID Minneapolis MN Permit No 155 Published Monthly By Academic amp Distributed Computing Services Mary Kelleher Editor cisnews maroon tc umn edu This publication is available on Gopher Computer Information CIS Newsletter Alternative formats available upon request
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