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Love virus continued from page 1A image and audio files, such as JPEGs and MP3s, have been re placed with more copies of the virus, Smith said. Avoiding the virus is actually simple, he emphasized. “The big thing is don’t open an attachment from anybody," Smith said. “The only way you will affect your machine is bv double-click ing on the ‘LOVELETTER’ attach ment.” The virus affects only comput ers running Microsoft operating systems; UNIX and Macintosh systems are unaffected by the virus, he said. “A preponderance of (University computer users) are running Win dows 95,98 and NT,” Smith said. The computing center had re ceived at least 50 phone calls late Thursday from University com puter users who had contracted the virus. Most of the problems in volve problems with individual machines, Smith said. The Love Bug forced the Eugene city government to cut the link be tween the e-mail system and the Internet. As many as 100 city em ployees opened the "LOVELET TER,” releasing the virus. There is a procedure computer users who have the virus can do to rid their machines of the virus and delete infected files, Smith said. It can be.found on the McAfee Web site, www.mcafee.com. A Microsoft spokeswoman in Portland said the company has also received many calls. She added, “Microsoft is working closely with the anti-virus com munity. The virus is still being in vestigated.” The Federal Bureau of Investi gation has opened a criminal in vestigation of the virus attack. The Love Bug is very similar to the Melissa computer virus that caused $80 million in damage in the United States in March 1999. “The protocols and the way the code works is pretty well-de signed," Smith said. But it is also relatively easy to create a virus such as the Love Bug. All the knowledge required to create it is available on the Internet, he said. Smith predicts the virus will continue to cause problems for as long as people have it on their computers. Experts have called the Love Bug one of the fastest spreading computer viruses the world has ever seen. The Associated Press contributed to this report. DDS move continued from page 1A that someone had broken the door’s window, which is on an exit in the small office on the EMU’s south side. “It scared me so much that I did n’t move,” she said. “All I saw was a guy standing there in light col ored pants. He stood there for what seemed like a really long time.” Wise, who was driving Sunday, said a passenger pulled a gun on him and the DDS navigator when he wanted to be let out. Wise said the individual was extremely in toxicated and barely able to walk. “He got really angry and he fell over a couple times,” he said. Wise said he pulled over, let the passenger out and called the office of public safety. DDS records pas sengers’ names and addresses, of all riders and was able to provide that information to OPS and Eu gene Police. “Just all in all, it’s been a pretty bad week,” Wise said. “We’ve had some pretty serious stuff happen.” He said that situations in which DDS employees have to break up fights, ask people to leave the vans or just deal with belligerently drunk passengers are not uncom mon. “I don’t feel like a lot of the stu dent body understands what we do,” Wise said. But Tuesday night’s incident won’t stop the dispatcher who was in the DDS office from work ing with the shuttle service, but she might bring some protection to work the next time she has to dispatch at night. “She’s still working and she is pretty clear about it,” Wise said. “I admire her for this.” Wise said DDS employees are hoping to find a student group that would be willing to share its space with the shuttle. He said he hopes to find a more permanent solution within a month. Resignation continued from page 1A longer donate his personal money to the University. But on Tuesday, Pape spoke with Kilkenny in an attempt to make him change his mind. Pape said he thought Kilkenny might reevaluate his decision. He sug gested to Kilkenny that he throw away the letter. After Kilkenny sent a confirma tion letter of resignation to Pape on Thursday, all doubts were put to rest. “I regret that Kilkenny chose to use resignation from the founda tion board as a vehicle to express his personal opinion ...” Pape said. Kilkenny, who graduated from the University in 1974, told The Register-Guard on Monday that he would continue to support the University even without serving the trustees. “I’m not walking away from that. It’s a great school with great people, and I wish them all the best. By no means am I bailing out on my interest in that marvelous institution up in Eugene,” Kilken ny said. He was in the fourth year of his five-year term on the board. The board of trustees is a 50 member group that oversees the trustees foundation, which re ceives and allocates contributions to the University. Pape explained that Kilkenny will not be replaced because the board can function with a minimum of 45 or a maxi mum of 55 members. Join the campus award-winning newspaper The Oregon Daily Emerald is now accepting'applications for the following positions on next year’s news staff: Applications are due 5:00 p.m., Friday, May 12, 2000. All positions are paid. Applications can be picked up at the ODE office (Suite 300, EMU) or visit our website at www.dailyemerald.com (click on "Employment”). Relevant work samples should be submitted with each application. Questions? 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