A virus scare on University computer software occurred Wednesday morning.

Mike Corn, chief privacy and security officer for the campus, said there’s a bug in the antivirus definitions but no virus.

“It’s a false positive,” Corn said. “It is reporting there’s a virus but there isn’t one.”

Corn said a massmail will be sent out later today instructing people on what to do.

“We have a solution now to prevent it from continuing,” Corn said.

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