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Article #744New virus report: "Ryan Erik Hoff"
From: Rob Slade
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 21:48
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 21:48
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Entry...............: "Ryan Erik Hoff"
Alias...............: Dave, "El Gargantuo"
Strain..............: Furneaux/Meeter/Slade/Hoff
Detected when.......: 921227 2058H
where......: Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC, Canada
(there are indications that it originated in
neighbouring Port Moody :-)
Clssification.......: Although others in strain have been viral, this may be a
"dropper"
Length of virus.....: 6.25 3 1/2" disk widths
------------------------Preconditions---------------------------------
Operating System(s).: All current and future, hopefully :-)
Version\Release.....: as above
Computer models.....: as above, and his other grandfather and I are agreed
that he should also be able to sail by the age of two
-------------------------Attributes-----------------------------------
Easy identification.: his father's head shape, and his mother's furrowed brow
Infection Trigger...: Well, see, when you grow up, you start to feel ...
Media affected......: I haven't been online at all for four days
Interrupts hooked...: Everything on Saturday night and Sunday
Damage..............: The integrity shell of the carrier program had to be
broken during disinfection. There were initial
indications of serious damage, but the carrier
program has proven capable of self-repair.
Damage trigger......: Reverse placement
Particularities.....: Extraordinary size (4345 gm)
Similarities........: Red, sleeps and cries a lot
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Countermeasures.....: None yet attempted. Likely never will :-)
-----------------------Acknowledgements-------------------------------
Location............: V.I.R.U.S., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Classification by...: all grandparents
Documentation by....: Grandpa
Date................: 921230
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