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From: epan@jarthur.Claremont.edu (Eric C. Pan)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Viraphobia (Re: AF/91 and April Foolism in general)
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Date: 17 Apr 91 02:27:05 GMT
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	I am getting tire of all the people whose hair stand on ends
at the mentioning of viruses.  I think April Fool's Day is a nice way
to relax....
	I believe some people are too easily paniced by any mentioning
of virus.  I am beginning to wonder if you will believe me if I claim
that the human acquired immune deficiency syndrome, i.e. the HIV virus
is spreading to computer. Gosh, I am tired of all the people who ask
me to check their disks for viruses everytime they get a system error,
or their drive makes a funny sound.
	Track Record so far? Out of 20 some people I helped, none of
them have ANY VIRAL INFECTION. NONE! And yet everyday, someone would
scream "Computer Virus" because they crashed their system, sometimes
because they pushed their reset button.
	Is there someway we can stop this PARANOIA?  I think sueing
anyone who bring up virus as a joke is definitely not a solution.