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From: steve@dad.UUCP (Steve Cook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Anyone infected by "Brain" virus?
Message-ID: <3644@dad.UUCP>
Date: 26 Sep 88 16:00:35 GMT
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in article <1380@holos0.UUCP>, fsg@holos0.UUCP (Frank Glass) says:
> 
> 	Fascinating.  A _computer_ virus which selects users of pirated software.
> A vigilante virus!  As desirable as this may seem (1/2 smile), it's probably
> a hoax.

  There was an article this last week in either Time or US News 
  about computer viruses.  They described the Pakistani virus.  Seems
  these two brothers started copying commercial software and selling
  it real cheap.  Seems its not illegal in Pakistan.  But copies that
  they sold to tourists they included a virus, justifying it by saying
  that it was illegal in other countries so therefore these tourists
  were pirateersfor buying cloned software.  Kind of convoluted 
  logic there...

  They also mentioned the "Peace" virus which showed up on Mac's
  a couple months ago.

-- 
 Seems like just yesterday.....
 {hplsla,uw-beaver}!tikal!dad!steve