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From: jas@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU (Jeffrey A. Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: nVIR virus
Message-ID: <1076@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU>
Date: 16 Mar 88 22:58:23 GMT
References: <22168@bbn.COM> <6860001@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU>
Organization: Decision Systems Lab., Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.
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Summary: DON'T CROSS-POST!!!

We got the idea from the comp.sys.mac postings.  Cross-posting just wastes net
bandwidth.

By the way, in my opinion, anyone has the right to look at any software they
want.  Your attitude smacks of the kind of "we know what's best/we'll protect
you" policies that result in lost liberty (see: Mandatory Seatbelt laws).

Let me also just stay up on my soapbox to say that I think the whole virus
scare is a bit overblown.  They are still quite rare and appear to be worse
on other systems (IBM PC, for one; I monitored some postings over there and saw
quite a few descriptions of virus warnings around).  Sure, they can be misused
and dangerous, but they must be put into perspective.  Some commonsense
measures protect you from most all of them.

Ah well, c'est la canon.



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Jeffrey Sullivan			  | University of Pittsburgh
jas@cadre.dsl.pittsburgh.edu		  | Intelligent Systems Studies Program
jasper@PittVMS.BITNET, jasst3@cisunx.UUCP | Graduate Student