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From: PCOEN@DRUNIVAC.BITNET (Paul Coen)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Text in MLTI virus (PC)
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Date: 24 Jan 91 03:37:00 GMT
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>The MLTI virus contains this text - clearly a reference to the "Eddie"
>virus, but what does "RED DIAVOLYATA" mean ?  (I want to emphasize
>that "Dark Avenger" is the name of the author of the "Eddie" virus -
>not the name of the virus itself.)

Well, I can't help you with the RED DIAVOLYATA, aside from the rather
obvious point that it seems to be the "name" of the author.

>       Eddie die somewhere in time!

This, however, is rather interesting.  "Eddie" is the name of the "mascott"
of the heavy metal group, Iron Maiden.  Eddie sort of looks like a decayed,
mutilated corpse.  This becomes less of a stretch of meaning because
"Somewhere in Time" is the name of an Iron Maiden album from the early
eighties.  I guess Western heavy metal music really IS popular in Eastern
Europe.  Not to imply that people who like heavy metal are virus writers,
of course :-).  I just thought I'd point out the interesting cultural link
there.
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Paul Coen       Drew University Academic Computer Center
                pcoen@drunivac.bitnet  pcoen@drunivac.drew.edu