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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (T.W."Tim" Smith, Knowledgian)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Virus survey (Please Read!)
Message-ID: <9741@ism780c.UUCP>
Date: 19 Apr 88 20:45:38 GMT
References: <1926@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: tim@ism780c.UUCP (T.W."Tim" Smith, Knowledgian)
Organization: Suction and Pressure Lab, California Institute of Lawsonomy
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Keywords: virus

< I'm doing some research on the spread of viruses in the Macintosh community.
< I would appreciate it if you would take a few minutes to answer the following
< questions.

Shouldn't this be in sci.med?  What's it got to do with computers?
< 
< 1.  Have you been infected with a virus?
< 	a.  If so, which one?
The usual flu virus.
< 	b.  How did you detect that you had it?
Fever, sore throat.
< 	c.  How did you remove it?
Just waited for it to go away.
< 	d.  How do you think you got it?
I don't know.
< 	e.  How many people are you aware that you spread it to?
I don't know.
< 	f.  Did you contact those people when you found you had the virus?
I am sure that they figured it out soon by themselves.
< 	g.  How much information was lost as a result of the virus?
None. 
< 
< 2.  Are you using any precautions to prevent yourself from becoming infected
<     with a virus?
< 	a.  If so, what are those precautions?
Avoid sick people.
< 
< 3.  Have you changed your software aquisition habits as a result of the
<     outbreak of viruses?
< 	a.  If so, how?
I don't see why I should.

I suppose I had better put a ":-)" in here, or someone will take this
seriously :-(. :-)
-- 
Tim Smith				tim@ism780c.isc.com
"I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the
                       kind of person I'm preaching to" -- J.R. "Bob" Dobbs