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From: padgett%tccslr.dnet@uvs1.orl.mmc.com (A. Padgett Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: EMPIRE Virus (PC)
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Date: 12 Apr 91 18:21:16 GMT
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    In my previous alert on the EMPIRE virus, I had not yet seen the
second sector with the transposed text. Since then I have received
this also and thanks to WordStar (plug) here is the decrypted text.
Note that each sentance is a single line and relies on text-wrapping
by the terminal for legibility.

    After study, I suspect that the virus was written at first,
possibly with a different message, and had this message inserted
later, possibly by a different person - is this a quote ?

                                     Warmly,
                                             Padgett

Text of encrypted message follows:

I'm becoming a little confused as to where the "evil empire" is these
days.

If we paid attention, if we cared, we would realize just how unethical
this mpending war with Iraq is, and how impure the American motives
are for wanting to force it.

It is ironic that when Iran held American hostages, for a few lives
the Americans were willing to drag negotiation on for months; yet when
oil is held hostage, they are willing to sacrifice hundreds of
thousands of lives, and refuse to negotiate .......