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- From: mjbrown@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mike J. Brown)
- Newsgroups: comp.virus
- Subject: Re: 696/Scr2/Enemy (PC)
- Message-ID: <0008.9207211508.AA11928@barnabas.cert.org>
- Date: 18 Jul 92 04:04:50 GMT
- Sender: virus-l@lehigh.edu
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- Approved: news@netnews.cc.lehigh.edu
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- >> [tale of woe, wrapped up by this, deleted ]
- >
- >uh-oh... I feel a flame coming on...
- >
- >[Moderator's note: Please take any flames to another mailing
- >list/newsgroup.]
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- Whoops. Poor choice of words. I was referring to the 'tale of woe'
- but I think it sounded like I was about to make a flame of my own.
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- >>So, Mike, you're saying you had a disc full of pirated software, and a
- >>virus burned you? Didn't even back it up after you bought it, or clean
- >>it off?
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- He later informed me he didn't intend this as a flame, just "salt in
- the wound" sarcasm, which I admit I rightfully deserve.
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- >Yes. No. No. Seriously intended to do both, but "twas too much trouble"
- >or so I thought.
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- For those who aren't paying attention,
- *** IT'S NOT TOO MUCH TROUBLE TO MAKE BACKUPS! ***
- Take it from someone who learned the hard way (but still hasn't made
- his backups -- still trying to assess the damage)
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- >>Did you ask the seller for the manuals and originals for all that neat
- >>stuff on it?
- >
- >Yes. The thing is, he got most of his stuff from work.
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- (third generation piracy... I truly deserved what I got, I know)
- (do you guys think it's silly to quote and respond to my own article?)
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- >Both of our systems had problems at the same time.
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- likely path: BBS->friend->me
- I think the bbs he got it from crashed at the same time our PC's did, too.
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- Summary on the way...
- - --
- Mike Brown
- mjbrown@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
- "The Universe is a spheroid region 705 meters in diameter."
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