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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!wupost!crcnis1.unl.edu!unlinfo!vporguen
  2. From: vporguen@unlinfo.unl.edu (victor porguen)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
  4. Subject: Re: Virus Advice needed
  5. Date: 29 Dec 1992 03:45:21 GMT
  6. Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln    
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  9. Message-ID: <1hohkhINNr42@crcnis1.unl.edu>
  10. References: <Michel_Gerber.042m@bearsden.UUCP> <Dec28.190040.58334@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
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  13. knepley@CS.ColoState.EDU (Ranseus (Jim Knepley)) writes:
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  16. >I would bet a lot of money that Target re-wrapped it.  Companies aren't known
  17. >for spreading viruses (with the exception of Michaelangelo, but that's
  18. >another story).  
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  20. Of course companies aren't "known" for spreading viruses. Nobody is 
  21. "known" for spreading viruses. Once a virus is released, it spreads
  22. usually without operator knowledge - that's precisely how viruses 
  23. work.  Most virus incidents are unintentional.
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