Re: QUESTION - Viruses & Shrinkit

[nparker@cie-2.uoregon.edu (Neil Parker)]

In article <CwCBzE.HyA@crash.cts.com> shack@crash.cts.com (Randy Shackelford)
writes:
>In article <35e6qq$8ij@pith.uoregon.edu>,
>Neil Parker <nparker@cie-2.uoregon.edu> wrote:
>>>If I can dig up the disk with the program infected with Festering Hate, I
>>>might put it on comp.binaries if there is interest.
>>There are probably several people here (including myself) who are interested,
>>but posting it probably isn't a good idea.  All it takes is one immature
>>little munchkin reading comp.binaries.apple2, and we'll start seeing new
>>Festering Hate infections years after we thought the disease was eradicated.
>I dunno about that. I'd say you can count all the 8 bit stuff posted or
>distributed on the net so far this year on one hand with fingers to spare.
>Plus it's known and all the virus programs know how to spot it.

True, there haven't been many appropriate software postings lately.  But one
NEW infected posting would be sufficient to restart the infection cycle.

And be honest, everybody...these days, with so few Apple viruses circulating
in the real world, how many of you actually bother to USE your virus-detecting
software with any regularity?  (I confess--the last time I had to disinfect my
system was over five years ago.)

               - Neil Parker
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