On 7/24/98 12:21 PM, Alex Winbow said:
>Suppose, for a moment, that some virus really *did* become
>"widespread". Although the University would probebly clean all the campus
>machines fairly quickly, it could take months or even longer to get it out
>of the dorms! Probebly even persistant reinfec
While we've all laughed at this virus, there's been little comment
about how "widespread throughout the UT community" (to quote the Urgent
Message). Suppose, for a moment, that some virus really *did* become
"widespread". Although the University would probebly clean all the campus
machin
On Thu, 23 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> A virus that would cause permanent hardware damage to a computer
> shouldn't be hard to write. Just do something like rev the monitor up
> to insanely high frequencies.
>
Only if you have an extremely cheap or old monitor. AFAIK, most modern
m
Symantec has the W95.CIH (PE_CIH) virus in its encyclopedia.. You might
want to check it out..
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/data/cih.html
Gabe
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On Thu, 23 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > Also, I saw this virus post a little bit back on the Dr. Solomon page and
> > (if my memory serves me right) the virus goes off the 26th of every month
> > (not just July 26th).
>
> That's right.
Well although this horse is obviously near deat
> From: Christopher Stanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >renders the machine UNUSABLE
>
> >This virus can PERMANENTLY DAMAGE the electronics on your PC
>
> Both are not true. Pretty close claims to the false virus spams.
I'm sure the virus would make the machine UNUSABLE for the vast
majority of
A friend of mine did get hit by this virus. Although his bios or HD wasn't
hurt, it infected alot of files and really screwed up windows. Yes, I know
the answer is to not use windows. But not everyone can as smart or literate
with computers.
At 05:30 PM 7/23/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Nonetheless, the
Nonetheless, they should not claim it causes hardware damage or is
widespread.
But you are right. easiest solution is to not use 95 or 98.
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On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Christopher Stanton wrote:
> >renders the machine UNUSABLE
>
> >This virus can PERMANENTLY DAMAGE the electronics on your PC
>
> Both are not true. Pretty close claims to the false virus spams.
Ok, so I partially retract some of this. Looks like it can screw you over
pr
>renders the machine UNUSABLE
>This virus can PERMANENTLY DAMAGE the electronics on your PC
Both are not true. Pretty close claims to the false virus spams.
Also, I saw this virus post a little bit back on the Dr. Solomon page and
(if my memory serves me right) the virus goes off the 26th of e
> It looks like it's legitimate, actually. I think `silly mortals'
> applies to the Prisoners of Bill [tm], i.e. users of Microsoft
> products, in this case Windows 95 and 98.
Those were the mortals I was referring to, not the spam happy UT idots. :)
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On Thu, Jul 23, 1998 at 05:10:14PM -0500, Christopher Stanton wrote:
| They really should not be spreading false info like that. Silly mortals is
| right.
It looks like it's legitimate, actually. I think `silly mortals'
applies to the Prisoners of Bill [tm], i.e. users of Microsoft
products, in
They really should not be spreading false info like that. Silly mortals is
right.
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Silly mortals.
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Program (pro'gram), n. A magical spell cast over a computer that turns
one's input into error messages. v. To engage in an activity similar to
banging one's head into a wall, but with less opportunity for reward.
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