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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
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Subject: Re: Guidelines for virus authors
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Date: 23 Feb 88 22:25:17 GMT
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And you thought the Mac was safe?  Macintosh Today has 1/4 of a page 
of the latest issue devoted to the "Peace virus that can be avoided 
by resetting the system clock". This is a short quote:

"This virus will appear on many macintosh computer screens worldwide
March 2. The virus originated at Montreal-based MacMag, whose 
publisher Richard Brandow, said the program was an idealistic effort
to honor the birth of the Machintosh II computer. The virus was
disseminated via Compuserve and other dial-up bulletin board systems
buried in various files and unwittingly downloaded by subscribers.

.. But the virus can damage some programs.  At least one program,
Apache Strike by Silicon Beach Software, will no work when the peace
message is in the same computers system.

Mac owners that don't care to receive the message, should advance their
system clock to March 3, the day after the program appaerance date."

-- Marco