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Article #699Re: Computer Folklore
From: Beryl Gray
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 1988 23:06
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 1988 23:06
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I remember a few years ago I read a story in several of the micro trade publications (Infoworld, PC WEEK, etc.) about a worm copy-protection routine. The code was embedded in a Microsoft product that was copy protected. A writer for the Washington Post had installed this product on his hard disk. One day while using the product (database? editor?) The following message popped up on his screen: "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Now erasing your disk." The program then trashed his hard disk's directory. Microsoft eventually admitted that the code had been incorporated into the product years earlier by a zealous programmer and had never been removed. The product was fixed. Beryl Gray
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!pyramid!hplabs!hplabsz!taylor From: beryl@oresoft.UUCP (Beryl Gray) Newsgroups: comp.society Subject: Re: Computer Folklore Message-ID: <1850@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM> Date: 6 Apr 88 23:06:24 GMT Sender: taylor@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM Organization: Oregon Software, Portland OR Lines: 15 Approved: taylor@hplabs