Re: AIDS Trojan Update (PC)

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From: Jim Wright
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1989 07:24

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Alan_J_Roberts@cup.portal.com writes (on behalf of John McAfee):
| 	Our investigation has turned up surprise: PC Cyborg
| Corporation has indeed been registered in the country of Panama.

Is anyone aware of any attempts to actually *pay* for these disks?
I'm curious as to what sort of response this would meet.  Also, is the
information on these disks of any worth, or can one claim the "AIDS
information" is just a ploy to propagate a Trojan?  Perhaps this is
really a monumental blunder in the name of copy protection.

Jim Wright
jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu

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From: jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright)
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Subject: Re: AIDS Trojan Update (PC)
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