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From: jdickson@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Jeff Dickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Virus Extermination Day? (A Proposal)
Message-ID: <1991Apr25.224400.11771@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 25 Apr 91 22:44:00 GMT
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In article <23874@know.pws.bull.com> aa377@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ken Kopin) writes:
>
>  Here's an Idea. There ought to be a national Virus Extermination Day.
>On this day, (I suggest June 1st) everyone should check all of their 
>disks for Viruses, and exterminate as necessary. Plus they should 
>install Virus reducing/eliminating software as necessary. (I'm even
>guilty of this. No matter how many times I install Virus-X, somehow
>works it's way out of my Startup-Sequence. :-( )
>
>  If this were an actual "Event" people would be more likely to
>actually check their library of disks that couldn't POSSIBLY
>have a virus on them, but somehow do.
>
>  Well, what do you think? (I Want credit for the idea!)
>
>                             Ken Kopin
>
>
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	I think its a stupid idea! I for one, have never been hit by a virus.
Of course, how promiscuous you are greatly increases your risk! It could be
a real chore for anyone who has a lot of disks. The secret is to prevent disks
from getting infected in the first place! I find your idea about as exciting
as I would find "national Spring cleaning day".