Re: File called "SUICIDE.IBM"

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From: Gregory Sroka
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:20

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In article <BuDM74.KBv@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
>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?
>

Are there any Mac users who really know how to create a text file on an IBM-PC?
(*GASP*) I'm stunned by the thought ...

Maybe his PC was listening to Ozzy Osbourne tunes and decided to end it all...

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