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In <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?

NO, NO, NO!!!!!!!

NEVER TYPE AN UNKNOWN FILE!!!!!

Using TYPE to display the contents of a file could turn out to be a BIG
mistake.  Usin TYPE on a file with imbedded ANSI strings could remap
your keyboard (i.e. remap F3 (or any other key) to enter
"echo y | del *.*", causing deletion of an entire directory).

Use a utility like LIST.

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D. Keith Rice -- University of North Texas -- drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu
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