On Sat, Sep 05, 1998 (!!!!) at 09:50:32PM -0700, Suraj Kumar typed:
>
> "I have Altered my system date to an older date because I have an internal
> Creative modem (read Costly) which I have not been able to configure or make it
> work under Linux because it simply does not respond to the Modem Query at port
> /dev/ttyS3 (COM 4) hence I am forced to use $doze for Internet Surfing and mail
> management and I have already suffered a loss of Rs.5000/- way back in 1998(26
> April,1998 to be precise) when my PC was hit by Win.CIH Virus and my 4.3 GB HDD
> had to be thrown out in the Garbage(including the data if it was still there on
> it). So I now give myself a "room" of about 2-years by changing my system date."
Now this is probably the most ridiculous reason I've ever seen for
setting one's system date wrong !!
If you're scared of viruses, get yourself a good virus checker and
ensure that your system is virus-free. And make sure you don't
introduce new viruses by executing untrusted programs on your machine.
Do you think the millions of Windows users out there who work with the
correct dates set on their machines are more prone to virus attacks than
you are ??
Kala
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