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From: tadguy@cs.odu.edu (Tad Guy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Yow! Is this SUPPOSED to be here!?
Summary: virus checking doesn't belong in utilities
Message-ID: <7630@xanth.cs.odu.edu>
Date: 14 Feb 89 12:30:39 GMT
References: <8677@louie.udel.EDU> <1316@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
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In-reply-to: akl@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Rob Tillotson)

In article <8677@louie.udel.EDU> smith@aic.nrl.navy.mil (Russ Smith) writes:
>[ finds virus-like strings in the warp executable on xanth.cs.odu.edu ]

In article <1316@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, akl@mentor (Rob Tillotson) writes:
>     As far as I know it is supposed to be there.

I don't care how useful this is, this kind of functionality just isn't
appropriate.  I turned off access to the AmigaUUCP files on xanth when
I saw the first message showing the virus strings in the warp on xanth.  It
has since been turned back on, but with a warning README in that directory.

I wonder how many other observant people noticed those strings, and
ended up discarding the software?  They probably did the right thing.

	...tad

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Tad Guy         <tadguy@cs.odu.edu>     Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA