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- Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!gtoal
- From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
- Subject: Re: Beneficial Virus?
- Message-ID: <C03oo1.MMt@demon.co.uk>
- Sender: news@demon.co.uk
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- Organization: Cuddlehogs Anonymous
- References: <725430469.26792@zooid.guild.org> <1992Dec30.235206.20192@panix.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 01:40:47 GMT
- Lines: 14
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- In article <1992Dec30.235206.20192@panix.com> rpowers@panix.com (Richard Powers) writes:
- :>I doubt any virus could be beneficial. The closest idea for one was to have
- : ^^^
- :
- :Quite a broad statement there. I came up with an idea (never
- :implemented BTW) for a file compression virus for use on my home
-
- You, and everybody else's brother. I actually implemented this about two
- years ago for my own amusement for the Acorn Archimedes, and then deleted
- it because it was just too dangerous to release. That's the trouble with
- viruses - some asshole always gets his hands on the code and tweaks it to
- do something really stupid.
-
- G
-