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Article #1687Re: File called "SUICIDE.IBM"
From: Iskandar Taib
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 19:01
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 19:01
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In article <ygPsqB1w164w@mma.guild.org> al@mma.guild.org (Al Steane) writes: >A friend of mine mentioned that he had been cleaning up the disc on his >machine and found a file in his root directory called SUICIDE.IBM taking about >50k bytes. He immediately ran SCAN to check for viruses but found nothing. Has >anyone else found this file on their machines? Can you tell me where it comes >from and whether it is benign or malignant? Have him TYPE the file. Could be a prank. Does he have friends who use Macs? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iskandar Taib | The only thing worse than Peach ala Internet: NTAIB@SILVER.UCS.INDIANA.EDU | Frog is Frog ala Peach Bitnet: NTAIB@IUBACS !
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!ames!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!spool.mu.edu!nigel.msen.com!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!silver.ucs.indiana.edu!ntaib From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) Subject: Re: File called "SUICIDE.IBM" Message-ID: <BuDM74.KBv@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: silver.ucs.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University References: <ygPsqB1w164w@mma.guild.org> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 19:01:52 GMT Lines: 20