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Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1992 22:31:00 CST
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From:         WMS2612%BSU.DECNET@MSUS1.BITNET
Subject: my re to your re.. virus comments..

>Because Computer Viruses Destroy.  They don't care whether the stuff
>they damage is crap backed up or newly created stuff without backup.
>Is that a good enough reason?
That's a good reason to hate virus', but that doesn't explain why people are
being called names & such.


>Cause they are asshole. Why do they want that? To creat a virus! Why do they
>creat a virus? To put them in some file and upload it to a ftp site. Why they
> do
>that? Cause why people download that file, they got fucked up. Now what do you
>call these guys? ASSHOLE!!!
Now i'm an asshole?  i'm insulted.   calm down or something.  geez.
mom should make you wash out your mouth with soap.


>It is sort of like going to an A.A. meeting and asking about the lates
>t rum cocktail mix; or going to a N.A.A.C.P. meeting and asking about
>where you can get Klan robes, or going to a rape crises center and
>say you are looking for a good time.  You just don't do it.  When some
>one asks about getting the VCL, I think one thing only "Here is a
>person who want to create a virus."  Ever had a virus WMS2612?
>Obviously not, otherwise you wouldn't have asked your question, would
>you?
I hadn't quite seen this from this point of view, but i can see it now.
Good analogies.
I've had two virus' , the Jerusalem one was the most fun.. took me a while
before i figured out what it was..   i've also taken pakistani off a friends
machine,(that was a reformatting job, but it got rid of all his un-needed
files pretty easy)  and removed the stoned virus' from a few PC's as well.

Yes, i have had a virus.  They require a little work once in a while, and i
can get mad at the people who knowingly spread them, but maybe calling people
so many names for _asking_ about the program is a bit severe.  then again maybe
not.

>the progeam, since it is a good chance you might infect yourself.  The y can
> reside in printers, memory, video cards. hard drive files, adn work while your
> computer is off using the internal clock battery.
>People who have had viruses are very touchy about the subject (ui have a friend
> that got one twice) and to see people asking for a way to easily make them, an
   d
> since they have no D  GOOD value, tehn people assume you are going to be
> destructive
>and that is something i would DEFINITLY get angry about.  ALSO getting the lab
> and creating/transfering viruses is a federal offense in America, and can get
> you thrown in jail.  Anyway, i am NOT blasting you, most people on this list
> assume that
I didn't think that _having_ the program would be a federal offense..
releasing virus' knowingly onto computer systems, sure.
But it is also possible to write virus' using a variety of assemblers, etc.
maybe those should be illegal too.  :)   (that was humor)

>everyone know s the exact same thing they do about computers, so hen somebody i
   s
> asking about something like this, they are, too say the least, a little snappy
   .
>hopefully this clears somethings up, enjoy the list, and ignore the people that
> blast you,
>but try to keep the subject matter about GAMES  ( which is what angers me the
> MOIST about these virus posts)  well, again, sorryabout the lack of backspace,
> but i think you can make this out.
Yes, thanks.
do they really reside in printers?


Now, to relate this to games...     i've seen the x-wing game in a computer
catalog i got the other day...   is it officially released then?  Has
anybody played?
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