Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!schein
From: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Virus spread due to piracy?  Huh?
Message-ID: <3089@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jan 88 13:56:46 GMT
References: <2264@crash.cts.com> <2033@gryphon.CTS.COM> <1860@s.cc.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <1860@s.cc.purdue.edu> ain@s.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP (Patrick White) writes:
>
>   But, the virus is *not* spread due to piracy -- is is spread via an
>infected disk.

  True the Virus is sread via booting from an infected disk.

>                Is is in no way related to the act of piracy (except for
>the coincidental fact that a pirated disk *may* be infected).
>   It may have been first spread via a pirated disk, but that is
>irrelevant now.
>
  Just 1 point:

  The programmer behind the original virus is a member of SCA - Swiss Cracking
  Assoc. There main goal is to crack copy protection on commercial software.
  The SCA virus is thought to have entered the US on a cracked copy of a game
  called "Mouse Trap". So it may or may not be irrelevant depending on what the
  pirates are doing about the virus (Are they trying to kill this virus, spread
  the virus, or just dont care?) and who these pirates really are.
  
>   So, please don't make the equation: piracy == virus, and

  I agree that piracy == virus is not correct, but since this SCA virus did
  start from pirates, I also find it hard to remove it from the discussion.

>   Thanks.
>
>-- Pat White
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