Author Archives: Anna-Liisa
Hola service (and similar) must not be used through OUAS IT systems or VPN servers
Use of Hola free VPN service is prohibited in OUAS IT systems. There is serious risks when using Hola. Using Hola you disseminate other unknown Hola users telecommunication like a VPN proxy and lately there has been lots of discussion about deficiencies in data security of Hola network. Using Hola and other similar free-VPN services […]
(suomi) Luo Eduuni-tunnus: Pääset vertailemaan suomalaisten korkeakoulujen opintopistekertymiä
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Tips for preventing malware with anti-virus software
Malicious applications currently make up the largest security threat to businesses and home users. Usually data protection is in danger because of malware. Unfortunately, the functionality of antivirus programs have proven to be quite weak, especially against new viruses or malware campaigns. Experiment made with hundreds and thousands malicious software showed that with high quality-liked […]
(suomi) Turvatulostus (Oamkin henkilökunnan ohje)
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(suomi) Osoitteen poistaminen Outlookin välimuistista
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Malware is the world’s largest security threat: Users negligence is the primary cause of the spread of malware.
Malicious programs are a constant nuisance in Oamk. Infected devices are difficult to detect and correct. ICT Services is constantly working to find and correct infected machines. Very often, it is found that the device has been contaminated as a result of user operations. Different firewalls, virus scanners, or any other technical things will not […]
Are you unable to login?
You need your password when you log in to your e-mail and other services provided for you by the University of Oulu or Oamk. If your password does not work, it does not necessarily mean you have forgotten it: The first thing to do, is to make sure that you do not have Caps Lock […]
(suomi) Roskapostin käsittely Outlookissa
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Take care of updates and backups on your home computer
Software updates and backups are important! To avoid losing your important files, for example your photos, you should take backups of your files on a regular basis. For backups, you can use e.g. an external USB hard drive, which you connect to your computer only for doing or restoring backups. A removable hard disk, which costs […]
(suomi) Jumittaako IE:n PDF-lisäosa? Näin korjaat tilanteen.
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