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From: mvolo@ecsvax.UUCP (Michael R. Volow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: SUGGESTIONS....
Message-ID: <4640@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: 20 Feb 88 06:01:36 GMT
References: <495@psu-cs.UUCP> <4626@ecsvax.UUCP> <5538@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM>
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Summary: Amen

In article <5538@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM>, kleonard@PRC.Unisys.COM (Ken Leonard --> kleonard@gvlv2@prc.unisys.com) writes:
> In article <4626@ecsvax.UUCP> mvolo@ecsvax.UUCP (Michael R. Volow) writes:
> The simple (not necessarily simply derived, but simple in statement of
> conclusion) is that covert (i.e. not fully disclosed to every recipient)
> distribution of ANY "virus" or "worm" or "gotcha" in ANY program having
> an ostensible useful (including purely recreational) purpose is BOTH a criminal
> offense and a cause for compensatory and punitive civil action.
> 
> So come on, fellow hackers, let us get off our ego trips long enough to stop
> defecating in our own nest.  If anyone knows the origin of any such dreck,
> let her or him say so, and say where and who that origin is.  If we don't
> help to clean up these messes, we will, most deservedly, eventually catch
> a massive backlash.  How would we like to see BITNET, CSNET, and all of
> the other wonders of open net-land closed and locked against us?

Sorry if you took what I meant lightheartedly -- I didn't.  I meant it
seriously.  There seemed to be so little comment about the origin of
virus programs, I was afraid that there was a consipiracy of silence
about their origin.  I'm all for finding out their origin, and I
hope that everyone on the net would co-operate with any helpful in-
formation.
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Michael Volow, M.D.
Dept of Psychiatry, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, N.C. 27705
919 286 0411                           mvolo@ecsvax.UUCP