Hello:
I recently spoke to a person who maintains a mailing list of a
social organization I belong to. I am on his mailing list. I
asked him if he were related to a person whose surname is the
same as his and the same as the reputed sender of a Magistr virus
I recently received. He said that the person who sent me the virus
is his 17 year old daughter. He became aware of the problem
immediately because I had instantly reported receiving the virus to
my ISP. The man whose daughter sent me the virus works for my ISP.
He cleaned out the virus immediately. He told me that he has never
informed his daughter about the problem with her emails and he asked
me not to communicate with his daughter concerning her problem. He
said that if his daughter were to ever find out about her problem it
would become a matter of overwhelming embarrassment and shame for
the poor girl. Of course I must respect the advice of a parent who
tells me how I should conduct myself with his minor children.
Here is the explanation of why the young girl would feel very
embarrassed if she were to learn about her problem:
The Magistr virus sends out emails at random times to random
people on your mailing list and it also sends out as a text
message a few randomly selected paragraphs copied from some
randomly selected emails that are in your inbox or in your
archived messages. The text I received was just an innocent
paragraph reflecting the general philosophical sentiment that
every cloud has a silver lining. The text seemed to be a typical
expression of the outlook of a very mentally healthy teenage
girl. The only thing she was doing wrong perhaps was to have
an outlook (pun intended). I hope all the other random text
messages she so innocently sent out to everybody were likewise
just expressions of youthful naivity and innocence.
The girl's father asked me if my machine also had become infected
with the virus and he wanted to know if I needed any help in
cleaning it out. I told him that my machine cannot possibly become
infected with any of the email viruses that are going around. I
explained that I couldn't run any of these viruses even if I
deliberately tried because I have an all-DOS system. "Good for
you!", he replied. This person is employed in a high level position
at my ISP. Even his own personal machine had become infected! I
am certain this problem is also a source of personal embarassment
to him as far as public opinion of the professionalism of the
employees at his ISP is concerned. BTW, my ISP still officially
proclaims that it doesn't support DOS.
Anyone wanting to protect themselves and their children when
accessing the internet would be very wise to use an all DOS system.
Sam Heywood
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