virus in attached documents
Harry Powell
hrp1000 at cus.cam.ac.uk
Fri Apr 18 11:12:44 EST 1997
On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Harry Powell wrote:
stuff snipped here
> which seems to contain the "Ripper" virus (whatever that might be). As
> the text of the message seems innocent enough (regarding
> crystallization), you might get lulled into a sense of false security.
>
> I haven't actually tracked the virus down to this message *yet*, but it
> is the only new file on my PC that I haven't created in the last couple
> of weeks.
A little more information on this;
I've just tried re-infecting with the document and it doesn't seem to be
carrying the virus. I must have picked it up somewhere else.
I offer my public apologies to the senders of the original message.
Harry
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