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From: bnr-di!borynec@watmath.waterloo.edu (James Borynec)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: Software company distributing viruses (PC)
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Date: 22 Sep 89 12:57:23 GMT
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In article <0006.8909211142.AA16502@ge.sei.cmu.edu>, frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik S
kulason) writes:
>     "We can't have a virus - there are no pirated games here"
> I guess this will happen elsewhere, but until now there have been very
> few occurrences of software companies distributing viruses (only 4
> that I know of).

Software companies may be the largest source of virus contamination
around.  After all, they send disks everywhere and no one worries
about 'shrink wrap' software being 'unclean'.  I have only been hit by
two viruses - both came from software companies - one of which was
Texas Instruments.  The guy in the office next door was hit by a copy
of a virus on his (shrink wrap) copy of WordPerfect.  I think it is
shocking that people are told just to watch out for viruses when
engaged in software 'swapping'.  Everyone should regard EVERY disk
that enters their machine with suspicion.

J.b.
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