Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: keir@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Rick Keir, MACC) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Viraphobia (Re: AF/91 and April Foolism in general) Message-ID: <0007.9104221346.AA13954@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 19 Apr 91 19:20:01 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 14 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu Viruses are indeed a problem. We had our 100+ student open computer lab hit with Scores & nVIR several years ago, and we've had viruses here ever since. The PCs have had Brain, Joshi, Ping, and others. So the AF/91 joke didn't bother us at all. You HAVE to be vigilant because there are many REAL viruses out there. You don't have to be obsessive because someone announces one more virus (in an article that was clearly a joke for anything other than the extremely casual hasty reader; anyone who reads things that poorly should not operate computers in any case, as there are far more deadly surprises waiting for them than an April Fool's joke). Look, if someone announces a new sexually transmitted disease, and they turn out to be wrong, are you hurt by practicing safe sex? No - --- only a fool believes that things are safe now in any case.