Virus Free Zone @ UH

Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Where: Campus Center Mall at UH-Manoa
Who: Open to all UH students, faculty and staff

What's a "Virus-Free Zone"?

October once again marks National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Information Technology Services (ITS) will be hosting a "Virus-Free Zone" at UH Manoa Campus Center Mall. This event is being held to emphasize the importance of securing personal computers to prevent virus/worm infections and outbreaks. Students, Faculty and Staff are invited to bring their laptop computer to have it scanned by ITS Help Desk staff to check for vulnerabilities and latest security patches. IT vendors will also be on hand to offer demos and giveaways to attendees.

The event will feature a fair-like atmosphere with exhibitor tables along the Campus Center mall during the heavy traffic lunch period. Exhibitors will be on hand to expose students to safe computing practices in a fun setting. Participants include:

• Apple Computer
• CCB Activities Council
• CompUSA
• Dell
• ITS Help Desk
• Pepsi Bottling Group
• UH Bookstores
• University Dining Services
  

Limit one entry per person. Must be present to win. Full-time employees of Virus Free Zone @ UH sponsors and exhibitors are not eligible to enter the prize drawing.

To encourage attendees to visit all exhibitor tables, a "Virus-Free" drawing will be held at 20-minute intervals at different exhibit tables. Attendees can enter the drawing by bringing their laptops to be scanned for vulnerabilities or correctly answering true or false quiz questions related to some aspect of promoting a virus free computing environment. Completed entry forms must be turned in at the prize table so participants can have their hands stamped to show that they have been certified to be "virus free." Questions will be designed to educate the attendees about safe computing practices while encouraging them to visit all the exhibitor tables since the correct answers to different quiz questions will be posted at each of the exhibitor tables.

Virus Free Zone @ UH prizes include:

• 2 Pepsi Frisbee (donated by the Pepsi Bottling Group)
• 2 Pepsi Key Chains (donated by the Pepsi Bottling Group)
• 2 XL Propel Athletic Shirts (donated by the Pepsi Bottling Group)
• 2 Propel Hot/Cold Beverage Cups (donated by the Pepsi Bottling Group)
• 4 General Admission Passport to Hawaiian Waters Adventure Park (donated by the Pepsi Bottling Group)
• 4 Tickets UH / Fresno Football Game on October 29 in Mauka Orange section (donated by the Pepsi Bottling Group)
• 8 $10 of Flash Cash certificates (donated by University Dining Services)
• 1 printer (donated by CompUSA)
• 1 Apple iPod Shuffle (donated by CompUSA)
• 1 PDA (donated by CompUSA)
• 2 Apple t-shirts (donated by Apple Computer)
• 1 Apple baseball cap (donated by Apple Computer)
• 2 iPod Mini cases/sleeves (donated by Apple Computer)
• 3 UH logo mugs (donated by UH Bookstores)
• 1 UH logo protective head gear (donated by UH Bookstores)
• 1 2GB Apple iPod Nano (donated by UH Bookstores)

Event Organizers

Virus Free Zone is being sponsored by Campus Center Board Activities Council, UH Information Technology Services, Apple Computer, CompUSA, Dell, Pepsi Bottling Group, UH Bookstores and University Dining Services.

Wireless access at Campus Center and a public computer lab in Hamilton Library has been installed with the generous support from the Pepsi Bottling Group.