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Article #4552"Beijing Virus - Urban Legend?"
From: Brian D. Howard
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1991 20:38
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1991 20:38
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Over the weekend on CNN was a reference to a 'computer virus' triggered by the anniversary of the tianamin massacre. Other than the brief reference here to allegations of such, was there a *documented* sighting of such a beastie? (Not that I usually put much credence in CNN reporting on technical things, but I wondered if the story was based on anything *other* than an FOAF anecdote from this newsgroup.) - -- "Hire the young while they still know everything."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: bdh@gsbsun.uchicago.edu (Brian D. Howard) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: "Beijing Virus - Urban Legend?" Message-ID: <0007.9106181359.AA17901@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 17 Jun 91 20:38:41 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List <VIRUS-L@LEHIIBM1> Lines: 9 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu