Low-tech edition
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Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Hundreds of students living in Kansas University dorms are not reading this.
The residents of Daisy Hill residence halls lost Internet access this week as KU officials tried to prevent a computer worm from spreading.
Computer worms are self-replicating programs similar to viruses. Unlike viruses, the computer user does not have to open an e-mail attachment or run a program for the worm to harm their machine. In the past year, the Mydoom, Lovegate and Melissa worms affected computers worldwide.
KU officials have met several times to find solutions, said Allison Lopez, a spokesperson for KU's information services. Some computer labs on campus are open late, and university administrators will decide on or before Friday whether to continue those extended hours.
"Helping our students get through this - especially in the last few weeks of the semester - is our top priority," Lopez said.
Information Services technicians are still assessing the damage and finding solutions to the problem.
"They're still researching it - it's just still to early to tell," Lopez said.
Need a faster connection? Sunflower High Speed Internet, a division of Sunflower Broadband, provides residents and businesses of Lawrence, Eudora, Tonganoxie, Basehor and parts of Douglas and Leavenworth counties with high-speed Internet access through the local cable system.
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