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MARCH 1990
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AIDS TROJAN MARCHES ON
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LONDON - It has been almost three
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months since infected Aids Information
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disks started landing on user's desks.
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Despite the high level of publicity,
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users continue to ignore the warnings
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install the disk and allowing the Trojan
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to continue causing damage.
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UK-based detective Barry Donovan predicts
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there will be users who will install the
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disk and then forget about it until it
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triggers after 90 or so reboots. For
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some users, those 90 reboots are now
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up.
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A representative from Michelin Tyres
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in Nigeria contacted PC Business World,
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UK, to request a Clearaid disk because the
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virus had just triggerd on his home PC. He
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said a significantly large number of disks
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are in circulation in West Africa.
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The US arm of Save the Children Fund offices
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in Ethiopia also became a victim of the
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blackmail attempt having PC's "wiped out
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by the Trojan". Other US-based charities
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with offices in the African continent have
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reported similar attacks, despite local
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media coverage and warning issued by
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charities, local police forces, and wide area
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networks like Usenet.
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Joseph Popp, whom FBI agents arrested in
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connection with the mailing, is still being
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held in an Ohio prison awaiting extradition
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proceedings. He has made a second court
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appearance to appeal against his continued
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detention in order to be medically examined.
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The court, however, ruled such assessments
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should be conducted in prison. According to
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Scotland Yard, Popp's extradition hearing will
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be held in early April.
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