Although ASU Information Technology staff stopped a virus from doing damage to campus computers, students may still be at risk at home.
The virus - known as Bagle - was sent at random to ASU students, faculty and staff as an e-mail attachment.
The subject-line of the infected e-mail read, "Hi." "Test" was the text in the body of the message.
Information Technology, which operates and maintains campus computers, eliminated the virus before it could cause any damage, said William Lewis, IT vice provost.
Although students may use campus computers safely, they still have to worry about their home computers catching the virus, according to the Web site of McAfee Security, an antivirus vendor.
Lewis said Bagle requires immediate attention because of its potential harm to computers.
If a user receives the e-mail and opens its attachment, a connection to the infected computer is triggered.
The McAfee site did not specify what could happen to computers that caught the virus.
For more information on how to fight the virus, go to www.asu.edu/it.
Reach the reporter at milos.podmanik@asu.edu.
