Time: Mon Nov 04 15:14:36 1996
To: Dean
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
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>Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 14:40:31 -0700 (MST)
>To: Ninth.Wave@concentric.net, "Inc." <nwave@ninthw.com>
>From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
>Subject: Re: Virus Update: RAFT.TXT not RATH.TXT
>
>At 12:48 PM 11/4/96 -0700, you wrote:
>>Hey Paul:
>>
>>To my knowledge, there are NO viri that can
>>infect plain vanilla ASCII files.
>
>I know.  I know!  Try this:
> 
>    C:\TEMP> rename rath.txt virus.exe
>
>A program can do that as easily as 
>as a user at a keyboard.
>
>Nancy said that RATH.TXT has some
>unprintable ASCII imbedded in it.
>
>Go figure ...
>
>/s/ Paul Mitchell
>
>
>
>>In order for a virus to infect a hard disk,
>>some form of executable must be initiated.
>>That means binary!  There is a notorious PKZIP
>>virus, and a Microsoft Word Macro virus.  There
>>have been no viri associated with
>>GIF or JPEG files to my knowledge.
>>
>>Having said that, I'm sure that a text file
>>that has been converted to binary by some
>>method, could self extract and execute a binary
>>as it does so.
>>
>>Also, I would assume that the virus in question
>>affected only Wintel based machines.... I would request
>>that prejudice against the Mac be recognized :)
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Dean
>>
>>BTW - I have loaded the bulletin board onto
>>the Supreme Law site... It should be fully
>>functioning by beginning of next week.
>>
>>>Dear Joe,
>>>
>>>Thanks for the update.
>>>No sooner did I broadcast
>>>a warning about RATH.TXT,
>>>when your update arrived
>>>about RAFT.TXT.  I am 
>>>responsible for the 
>>>spelling error.
>>>
>>>/s/ Paul Mitchell
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 13:37:09 -0800
>>>>From: "Joseph John., D'Ambrosio" <giuseppe@avana.net>
>>>>To: pmitch@primenet.com
>>>>Subject: virus
>>>>
>>>>Paul
>>>>Nancy Lord asked me to pass on to you that RAFT.TXT has been checked out 
>>>>and it is fine.  It is something else and she still does not know where 
>>>>it came from.
>>>>
>>>>Joe
>>>>
>>>>
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