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Re: VIRUS WARNING (dubious) for XYWRITE digest
- Subject: Re: VIRUS WARNING (dubious) for XYWRITE digest
- From: "Alexander Hellemans" hellemans@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 09:30:43 +0200
>
> This whole virus scare looks a lot like uninformed superstition to me. Why
> is it that so many intelligent people fall for it?
>
>
> -- Rene von Rentzell, temporarily exiled to Flensburg
>
Some of the virusses (and I believe SirCam does) propagate through entire
networks of linked computers. So just one click can infect hundreds of
computers. And there is a general principle that says that if you try to
change a wheel, there is always one bolt that won't budge. You can apply
this principle to computer users as well.
Alexander Hellemans