RED ALERT VIRUS WARNING RED ALERT VIRUS WARNING

[Paul Mather]

On Sat, 1 May 1999 DASLUD at AOL.COM wrote:

=>In a message dated 5/1/99 8:29:45 AM, hawkwind at INTERACCESS.COM writes:
=>
=><<At 06:38 AM 5/1/99 Shawn Quinn Posted:happy99.exe
=>
=>Hey Shawn what was that happy99.exe you posted to the list?
=>i did not even get a chance to see what it was before my antivirus program
=>detected it as a virus and automatically deleted it....
=>
=>Randy
=>>>
=>GODDAMMIT!!! YOU WANNA BITCH ABOUT TRAINS???? HAPPY 99.EXE IS A VIRUS ,REPEAT
=>A VIRUS, AND IT WONT HURT MY MAC BUT IT JUST MIGHT FUCK SOME OF YOU PEOPLE UP

The difference is that it is highly unlikely that Shawn *knowingly*
posted Happy99.exe to the list.  What is likely is that Happy99.exe
posted *itself* to the list (that's how it propagates).

Now if Happy99.exe starts posting enormous AVIs about trains to the
list, *then* it's time to start worrying and COMPLAINING LOUDLY ABOUT
IT IN ALL CAPITALS (WITH EXCESS PUNCTUATION!!!!!!!!).

;-)

Cheers,

Paul.

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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