I was using Electrum 2.9.3. It's saying "Not connected" - and I know this is because of the DDoS attack. My wallet was password-protected. Is there any way of accessing the coin in that old wallet? If so, how? Thanks in advance for the help. I'm not really tech savvy.
First thing to do is to make sure you have a backup of either your seed, either your wallet file.
Then you should download the new version from (and only from) electrum.org
For extra safety you should check the signature to make sure the file is genuine, but that's longer, however @BitCryptex has posted the link for that.
Then install the new version. It should simply work. If it doesn't, come back with questions.