Re: Null files everywhere

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From: Jezz Botterill
Date: Fri, 03 May 1996 00:00

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In reply to <40RYPFALU$hxEwAF@asjones.demon.co.uk> on  Thu, 2 May 1996 00:34:35 
+0100 by Adrian Jones <asjones@asjones.demon.co.uk>, who wrote:> 
> I recently started finding files on my system in various directories
> called null which are zero bytes long. I have no idea where they are
> coming from and when I delete them they simply come back again. I am
> reasonably sure it isn't a virus but I can't think of what else it could
> be.
> Does anyone know what this is? If so can you email me as I don't check
> news much, thanks.
> 
> Adrian Jones
> ASJones@asjones.demon.co.uk   /   a.s.jones@bradford.ac.uk

Sounds like "Invasion of the Unix" to me.

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