You likely received an email in the past few days claiming to be from the Help Desk.  The subject line is generally “Quarantine Maintenance in Progress”, and it goes on to claim that your email is too large and that you should reply to the message with your username and password to ensure your account is not disabled / deleted.This message is a scam (in fact, it’s almost the same as a similar scam in October of 2008, with some slight wording changes).  Please ignore and delete it.

A reminder – we will never ask for your username / password over email.  If you see that in a message, you can immediately identify it as a scam.

For more information and tips on how to spot scams and protect yourself and your computer from these types of malicious attacks, see our informative webpage here: http://helpdesk.coloradocollege.edu/index.php/tips-and-how-to/protect-your-computer/