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From: JS05STAF%MIAMIU.BITNET@VMA.CC.CMU.EDU (Joe Simpson)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Anti-virus virus
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Date: 22 Sep 89 21:02:39 GMT
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Recently another proposal to create an anti-virus virus was made on
valert-l.  I posted a note that discussion belonged in virus-l and
that I would be responding here.

[Ed. Thank you!]

Concerning writing an anti-virus virus.  Such an entity would make
unauthorized use of equipment not owned or operated by this virus's
creator.  The creator would be acting in just as immoral a fashion
as the creators of joke, political, or deliberately desctructive
viruses.  In fact, I prefer not to make moral judgements based upon
the intent of the virus creator.  I would prefer that they simply
refrain from this anti-social behavior no matter what the motivation.