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- From: mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin)
- Subject: Re: Virus design
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.073545.17845@eff.org>
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- Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation
- References: <ZmLawB1w165w@ruth.UUCP>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 07:35:45 GMT
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- In article <ZmLawB1w165w@ruth.UUCP> rat@ruth.UUCP (David Douthitt) writes:
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- >Suppose someone wrote a virus that was BENEFICIAL? One that spread just
- >like others, but had a beneficial effect on the system.
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- Virus researcher Fred Cohen has theorized about such viruses. Some of his
- work has appeared in the proceedings of the DPMA's annual Virus and
- Computer Security conferences.
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- --Mike
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