Dear all, Due to the construction work, the computer room will be closed on February 16 (Wed.). Date: February 16 (Wed.) We are not sure when the work will be finished, so the room may be closed all day. We will make an announcement as soon as the work is finished. Regards, Information Processing Office
Dear all, Have you ever received the following suspicious notifications while using a terminal? A virus has been detected. Your computer has been affected by a suspicious program. To remove the virus, click here. If you have, there is a good chance that you have fallen for a phishing scam that uses the notification feature to lure you to a phishing site. Even if you don’t see it, it is strongly recommended to be aware of browser notifications and to set up workarounds to prevent them. Basically, ignore or reject “Allow Notifications” When you are accessing a website, it sometimes asks you to “allow notifications”. This is used when you...Read More
Dear all, The new Mac OS, “macOS 12 Monterey” will be available soon. For the new OS, our CSEAS security software (ESET) has supported the latest version(6.11.1.0). How to check the ESET version. Open ESET software. See “Product version” on the Help and Support menu. If you’re using a Mac, please upgrade the ESET on your PC to the latest version. Please keep in mind, as we have not tested the new OS at this time, we may not be able to respond to any problems for some time to come. Therefore, we should that you keep an eye on it for a week or two. We will be upgrading...Read More
Users. At Kyoto University, the regular check related to the electric power supply has been being carried out every year. In this year, according to the announcement of the administrative office, the electric power supply will be tentatively suspended in the following time. [Date]: October 3rd, 2021 13:30 — 17:30 (Sunday) [Area]: Inamori Center, Library, and Common and East building. [Summary]: The electric power supply in all buildings in the area will be suspended. [Influence]: CSEAS HP and CSEAS E-mail won’t be influenced. Of course, the Desktop PC and the network won’t be used because the power supply will be suspended. I recommend plugging off the electric adapters in your...Read More
Dear all, If you are using a version of ESET that is currently too old (ESET 7.1 or previous version), the following problems will occur since September 30, 2021. ESET won’t work properly with Windows Update on Sept. 30, 2021! After changes in the Windows OS specifications on 30th September 2021 by Windows Update, the ESET won’t work, the virus definition won’t be updated, or other problems will occur. Reference: https://eset-support.canon-its.jp/faq/show/17140?site_domain=business (Japanese) How to check the ESET version. Open ESET software. See “Product version” on the Help and Support menu. If the version you are using is ESET 7.1 or the previous version, please upgrade to the latest version by...Read More
Dera Users. According to the announcement, the network services of Kyoto University will be suspended at the following period due to the renewal of the network hardware. [Date]: August 16th, 2021 19:00 — 24:00 (Monday) – at all area August 30th, 2021 18:30 – 22:00 (Monday) – at CSEAS area [Area]: Inamori Center, Library, and Common and East building. [Influence]: The Kyoto University network will be suspended. As the work will be done in the evening and late at night, the impact will not be significant. However, please be aware that you may not be able to connect to online conferences, workshops, etc. from within the university during the above...Read More
Dear all, We would like to inform you that the information has been posted on the website of the network center of Kyoto University. https://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/whatsnew/maintenance/detail/210705056743.html Due to maintenance, the KUINS Wi-Fi service will be suspended. Date and time: Jul.12(Mon), 2021 12:00 – 13:00 (about 5 minutes * several times) Jul.15(Thu), 2021 12:00 – 13:00 (about 5 minutes * several times) Regards, Information Processing Office.
Dear all, A critical security vulnerability in the “dbutil_2_3.sys” file, a driver for DELL computers, has been making headlines. CVE-2021-21551- Hundreds Of Millions Of Dell Computers At Risk Due to Multiple BIOS Driver Privilege Escalation Flaws DELL has also officially acknowledged the problem and has started to release tools to fix it. DSA-2021-088: Dell Client Platform Security Update for an Insufficient Access Control Vulnerability in the Dell dbutil Driver (DELL) For those who have a DELL device, please carry out one of the following solutions. Solution 1: Use a removal tool to delete the files (recommended) Dell Security Advisory Update – DSA-2021-088 Download the software from above and run (open)...Read More
Since 12 March 2021, the zoom account of Kyoto University has been turned on the end-to-end (E2E) encryption option. If you want to have a more confidential meeting, try enabling this option. Please keep in mind that the following conditions must be met in order to use this service. Each participant and host should be using Zoom software (application) 5.4.0 or higher. End-to-End (E2E) encryption meeting must be enabled in the host’s zoom.us settings, and End-to-End (E2E) encryption must be checked in each schedule. In detail, please see the document of End-to-end (E2E) encryption for meetings (Zoom). It can be a secure communication method to protect more sensitive meetings. I...Read More
Dear all, It has been reported that on macOS Big Sur with ESET Endpoint Antivirus for macOS installed, OS updates using Software Update will stop halfway through. Reference：[NEWS7604] ESET support of macOS Big Sur (11) (eset.com) For the latest version, 6.10.460.1 (19th March 2021), try booting in Start up your Mac in safe mode and then try the update. We have confirmed that 6.10.910.0, the latest version as of May 25, 2021, can be updated from macOS Big Sur 11.3.1 to 11.4. We have not yet verified if this is possible on all devices. Regards, 19th March 2021 Information Processing Office.