If you have opened an unexpected attachment from an email within the last few weeks, please contact helpdesk (contact details below) asap.

Prior to 9 November when we introduced additional protection to our mail servers, a large number of emails mainly purporting to be bills, invoices or similar have been sent to staff in a sustained attack. The attachments contained malware which if activated allows passwords and other data to be harvested from your machine. If you have opened the attachment your machine may be infected. If you simply opened the email but not the attachment you should not need to worry. Please delete any such emails. If you opened the attachment (or similar unexpected), or have clicked on unexpected links and have concerns, please contact us for advice asap (contact details below).

Students: call the IT & Library Support Desk on 01227 82 4999

Staff: call the IT Service Desk on 01227 82 4888

Never open attachments, click on links, or reply to unexpected emails. Most will be malicious.