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From: poffen@molehill (Russ Poffenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: AIDS PC Virus
Message-ID: <1989Dec21.000327.25605@sj.ate.slb.com>
Date: 21 Dec 89 00:03:27 GMT
References: <7064@chaph.usc.edu> <216100170@trsvax>
Reply-To: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
Organization: Schlumberger ATE, San Jose, CA
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In article <216100170@trsvax> slimer@trsvax.UUCP writes:
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>  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?
>
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>  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?
>
>

No instance of this mailing has appeared in the U.S. It seemed to be limited
to the UK. Whether or not they have similar laws regarding use of mail is
something that possibly someone else can answer.

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