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From: jln@eecs.nwu.edu (John Norstad)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SCORES ordeal + new(?) SCORES info
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Date: 13 Oct 88 15:52:34 GMT
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Robert Dorsett writes to Jim Harvey:

>I, for one, would be very interested in seeing a disassembly of the virus.
>Could you post it to the net or comp.sources.mac (if it's still around)?

NO, NO, NO!!!!  Please don't post disassemblies or sources for viruses!!!
This has happened in the past, and the result has been a flurry of
new viruses based on the one posted.  This is absolutely the worst thing
that you could do!

Those of us doing research on viruses must very carefully consider the
consequences of all our public actions.  I feel that it's OK to tell 
people what damage a virus does, how to detect it, and how to get rid of it.
This is being socially responsible, and provides a needed service.  But it's
incredibly irresponsible to tell people how they work or how to write one!

John Norstad
Academic Computing and Network Services
Northwestern University

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