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Article #40097Re: AIDS PC Virus
From: Russ Poffenberger
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1989 00:03
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1989 00:03
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In article <216100170@trsvax> slimer@trsvax.UUCP writes:
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> I think this is a travesty on the world public. To realize that someone
> will use such an obscure way to destroy thousands of peoples work is a
> frightening thing. Where will this all stop? When the juveniles grow-up?
> No! They just play harder. How can we stop these bogus mailers?
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> Is this not a federal offense? To use the mail as a means to propogate
> crime would certainly seem such. I know that I am concerned with this
> new style of virus attacking. I receive many diskettes a month for
> promotion and demo purposes. Am I now going to have to use a totally
> empty machine each time I receive a new program?
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> Any ideas?
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No instance of this mailing has appeared in the U.S. It seemed to be limited
to the UK. Whether or not they have similar laws regarding use of mail is
something that possibly someone else can answer.
Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com
Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen
1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276
San Jose, Ca. 95110
(408)437-5254
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!sjsca4!molehill!poffen From: poffen@molehill (Russ Poffenberger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: AIDS PC Virus Message-ID: <1989Dec21.000327.25605@sj.ate.slb.com> Date: 21 Dec 89 00:03:27 GMT References: <7064@chaph.usc.edu> <216100170@trsvax> Reply-To: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) Organization: Schlumberger ATE, San Jose, CA Lines: 28