RE: (Fwd) Virus alert -Reply

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

I'll second that motion. We saw this *helpful update* about six months
ago, it really originated about 2 centuries (in Internet years, which is
equivalent to about one human week, is it not?) ago...

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Ian Duff, 1990 Coupe quattro 20v, Red/Black

Home: New Bedford, MA, USA
Work: Charter Systems, Inc., West Newton, MA, USA
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>From: 	Psycho Bob[SMTP:honge@creighton.edu]
>Sent: 	Wednesday, 09 October, 1996 01:33 PM
>To: 	a-powell1@tamu.edu
>Cc: 	Audi majordomo
>Subject: 	Re: (Fwd) Virus alert -Reply
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>>A NEW Trojan Horse Virus has emerged on the Internet with
>>the name PKZIP300.ZIP, so named as to give the impression
>>...
>>If you install or expand the file, the virus WILL wipe your
>>hard disk clean and affect modems at 14.4 and higher. 
>
>The PKZIP virus must be several hundread years old (computer years)!
>But
>when I saw the new twist that said "...affect modems at 14.4 and
>higher"
>makes me wonder if the originator knows what he/she/it was talking
>about.
>I'd like to know why it wouldn't affect, say, a 2400bps modem? Or
>should I
>be just thankful that I only use 300bps modem and keep my mouth shut?
>
>To this date, I haven't seen one single useful/up-to-date computer
>virus
>warning posted to the q-list. How about just sticking to the q stuff on
>the list, huh? Dan, how about filtering out posts that contain "virus"
>and
>"download" to that "unsub" request?
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