For the last couple of weeks, students and faculty turned their computer on with caution hoping to be connected to the infamous World Wide Web. Apparently due to the several viruses spreading on the Cabrini network since the summer, residents along with the faculty worries of losing valuable information. A situation like this leaves students in a bit of disarray with the computer being an important aspect of their lives.
“I’m scared that the investment of my informational technological resource at hand is being tampered with by delinquents, due to the services provided by Drexel and Cabrini’s server. The people’s education is being oppressed by these misfits, therefore creating obstacles in completion of my education,” Joseph Crispino, graph design major stated.
Over the last couple of weeks there have been several notices circulating our campus community through email, voicemail, or mail box from ITR and Christine Lysionek, Vice President for Student Development. The majority of the infamous viruses on this campus can come from the illegal act of students sharing downloaded music or students not properly installing their Antivirus disc. Even after installing the Antivirus disc, it is the person’s duty to run live updates on their computer constantly due to the fact that new viruses are created daily.
“Augustine Woodland, a friend of mine told me about the virus that showed on my AOL profile, and I went to ITR to get the Antivirus disc,” junior, Messiah Reames stated, “I was mad because the virus messed up my computer. I couldn’t even pull up my homepage. Basically, the virus slowed down my computer.”
ITR has been diligently working out the kinks in the Cabrini system, but they can not do it on their own. To keep the viruses from spreading from machine to machine students must stop sharing infected files, and be careful about opening attachments from unknown people. A virus can be linked to a file without the student’s knowledge. All Antivirus software is available in ITR Founders 110.
“I found ITR to be very helpful. The morning I realized I had a virus, I stopped by to make an appointment. The lady sent someone over immediately that afternoon to fix my computer,” sophomore Tiffany Dublin, commented.
“Even after my computer was cured I didn’t go on the net much in fear of getting another virus,” Reames stated, “Those viruses are annoying!”
Posted to the web by Stephanie Mangold
