If you are the owner of a recent (as in mid-to-2014 to Feb 2015) Lenovo Laptop AND you are using the original Windows load that came with it, you may be affected by a dangerous piece of adware (called “Superfish”) that comes preloaded with the operating system. This adware can be compromised to eavesdrop on a user’s secure web communications.

You can check if you are affected by visiting this website from your Lenovo laptop (from each of your browsers) and waiting while it performs a check:

https://filippo.io/Badfish/

After pressure from various quarters, Lenovo has agreed to provide a removal mechanism for this adware. If you have received a Lenovo laptop recently, go through this Lenovo advisory and use their removal tool if you are affected.

http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/superfish

Microsoft has also provided a Defender update to neutralize superfish (although it may leave Firefox still vulnerable).

The CERT announcement about the vulnerability is here:

https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-051A

A more disruptive (but thorough) fix is to reload your laptop with a clean Windows load (not supplied via the Lenovo recovery mechanism).

Here’s a rough look at where our next network upgrade activities will take us over the weeks leading up to end of the term. (We’ll still send a specific outage warning for each region as the work dates get closer.)

If your termly allotment for printing in the MCECS Computer Labs has run out, there is now an online process for buying additional print quota credits. The update takes effect within 5 minutes and your PSU Billing Account is charged within a week. No more visits to the cashier’s office.

To buy additional print quota, go to:

https://services.cecs.pdx.edu

Login using your MCECS username/password and click on the “Printquota” tab.  Read the instructions and follow the outlined steps.

There is a limit of $10 per print quota add. A confirmation e-mail is sent to your @cecs.pdx.edu address (wherever that points to) as well as an alternative e-mail address you can specify,