[372] in bugtraq
Re: Got this - not sure of authenticity. Better safe etc...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Matthews)
Tue Dec 6 04:35:48 1994
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 00:27:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Jason Matthews <jason@dickory.sdsu.edu>
To: Doug Hughes <Doug.Hughes@Eng.Auburn.EDU>
Cc: au-unix-managers@Eng.Auburn.EDU, bugtraq@fc.net, happenings@Eng.Auburn.EDU
In-Reply-To: <199412051930.NAA11492@netman.eng.auburn.edu>
>
> PC Users:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Subject: virus
>
> There is a virus on America Online being sent by E-Mail. If you get anything
> called "Good Times", DON'T read it or download it. It is a virus that will
> erase your hard drive. Forward this to all your friends. It may help them
> alot.
>
There is no way to transmit a virus to a computer via the terminal.
Sure, maybe you can turn the printer on and off. Or maybe start up an
zmodem download but you cannot get a virus on a remote machine by sending
ascii...
Jason
