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Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1989 05:27 EST
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From: "Humor discussion" <UMNEWS%MAINE.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
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Subject: <Humor 382>
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After all the recent stress, a little humor may help keep things in
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perspective :-O
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----------------------------Original message----------------------------
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Forwarded from the VirusBoard BBS at (225) 617-0862:
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Date: 11-31-88 (24:60) Number: 32769
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To: ALL Refer#: NONE
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From: ROBERT MORRIS III Read: (N/A)
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Subj: VIRUS ALERT Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
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Warning: There's a new virus on the loose that's worse than anything I've
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seen before! It gets in through the power line, riding on the powerline
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60 Hz subcarrier. It works by changing the serial port pinouts, and by
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reversing the direction one's disks spin. Over 300,000 systems have been
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hit by it here in Murphy, West Dakota alone! And that's just in the last
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twelve minutes.
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It attacks DOS, Unix, TOPS-20, Apple II, VMS, MVS, Multics, Mac, RSX-11,
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ITS, CMS, TRS-80, and VHS systems.
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To prevent the spread of this dastardly worm:
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1) Don't use the powerline.
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2) Don't use batteries either, since there are rumors that this virus has
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invaded most major battery plants and is infecting the positive poles
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of the batteries. (You might try hooking up just the negative pole.)
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3) Don't upload or download files.
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4) Don't store files on floppy disks or hard disks.
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5) Don't read messages. Not even this one!
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6) Don't use serial ports, modems, or phone lines.
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7) Don't use keyboards, screens, or printers.
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8) Don't use switches, CPUs, memories, microprocessors, or mainframes.
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9) Don't use electric lights, electric or gas heat or airconditioning,
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running water, writing, fire, clothing, or the wheel.
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I'm sure if we are all careful to follow these 9 easy steps, this virus
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can be eradicated, and the precious electronic fluids of our computers
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can be kept pure.
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--RTM III
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