Two messages, now circulating around campus, contain harmful attachments that if the unsuspecting user opens, will trigger a virus. Both emails appear to come from a valid “mail.wvu.edu account,” either “Fax Server ” or “Xerox WorkCentre <xerox.device@mail.wvu.edu>.”

Do not open the attachment. Forward the email to DefendYourData@mail.wvu.edu and delete.

December 14th, 2012

Dr. John Campbell, currently an associate vice president for information technology at Purdue University, has been named associate provost for information technology and chief information officer at West Virginia University, effective Jan. 28, 2013.