Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!texbell!merch!cpe!hal6000!trsvax!slimer
From: slimer@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: AIDS PC Virus
Message-ID: <216100170@trsvax>
Date: 18 Dec 89 16:33:00 GMT
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Nf-From: trsvax.UUCP!slimer    Dec 18 10:33:00 1989



  I think this is a travesty on the world public. To realize that someone
  will use such an obscure way to destroy thousands of peoples work is a
  frightening thing. Where will this all stop? When the juveniles grow-up?
  No! They just play harder. How can we stop these bogus mailers?

  My question to the net is... Is it possible to back-track the mailing
  process. I once heard from a postal employee that if you had the post
  mark stamp you could at least track it down to the nearest major post
  office. I know that I look at this stamp to determine where mail is from
  when it has no return label. So then couldn't you at least notify the
  postmaster in this office to watch for any mail under this phony name?

  Is this not a federal offense? To use the mail as a means to propogate
  crime would certainly seem such. I know that I am concerned with this
  new style of virus attacking. I receive many diskettes a month for
  promotion and demo purposes. Am I now going to have to use a totally
  empty machine each time I receive a new program?

  Any ideas?


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