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From: fwp@unccvax.UUCP (Rick Pasotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Guidelines for virus authors
Message-ID: <912@unccvax.UUCP>
Date: 10 Feb 88 02:20:15 GMT
References: <8802072054.AA03747@jade.berkeley.edu+
Organization: Univ. of NC at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
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in article <8802072054.AA03747@jade.berkeley.edu+, FATQW@USU.BITNET says:
+ 
+ [Yes, I'm serious!!]
+ 
+ I don't think we should discourage people from writing viruses, as long as they
+ are harmless.  You have to make the distinction between a practical joke and
+ vandallism (sp?). 

. . . [deleted text] . . .

+ Anyway, basically the idea is to make viruses (semi-)harmless.
+ 
+                                 Bryan
+ 
+         Bryan Ford                    //// A computer does what \\\\
+ Snail: 1790 East 1400 North          //// you tell it to do, not \\\\
+         Logan, UT 84321         \\\XX///  what you want it to do. \\\XX///
+ Email: FATQW@USU.BITNET          \XXXX/ Murphy's Law Calendar 1986 \XXXX/

You miss the point entirely!  A virus is an unwelcome intruder - at least in
MY computer, perhaps not in yours.  What you are suggesting is no different
in principle from saying:

	"Let's see if we can break into someone's house.
	 We won't take or harm anything.  Maybe we can
	leave a note saying we were here."

Perhaps you would enjoy uninvited strangers wandering around your home.
Most people wouldn't.

Rick Pasotto
mcnc!unccvax!fwp