New virus report: "Ryan Erik Hoff"

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2 total messages Started by Rob Slade Wed, 30 Dec 1992 21:48

#744

Author: Rob Slade
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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Re: New virus report: "Ryan Erik Hoff"

#748

Author: William Unruh
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 01:13

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 Yeah, I found one of those but it was already out over 8 years ago. It's
 still pretty infectious, and no cure has been discovered. I'm afraid 
 prevention is the only cure for this strain. ( Oh and it goes under
 different names as well, so don't count on a universal id string.)
 Congrats on the identification.

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