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echo: virus_info
to: ROD FEWSTER
from: JULIAN YAP
date: 1997-03-08 14:52:00
subject: No more Mister Nice Guy!

 -=> Quoting rod fewster to all <=-
 rf> Most, but not all, echo users took my not-too-subtle hint about
 rf> "monitor-destroying/hardware-trashing virus" posts seriously.
 rf> UNLESS YOU CAN PERSONALLY PROVIDE ME WITH A WORKING COPY OF SUCH
 rf> A VIRUS, CEASE CLUTTERING UP THE ECHO WITH THIS CRAP!
I've got this theory.  My Sony Multiscan 15sf II has this power saving
thing and whenever it resets it turns off for half a second.  I haven't yet
found out how to turn off this feature.  Well a funny thing happenned one
day, I was playing a game right and this game had an intro which made
the screen blank at certain intervals.  What my monitor did was turn off
into power saving mode for a split second during these intervals.
Well my theory is, someone could make a virus or trojan, whatever to
harness this problem and make the monitor turn on and off.  This would
eventually blow a fuse or something.  Would that be monitor-destroying
enough for you?
Remember it's just a theory.
... What a stupid tagline.
--- EzyBlueWave V1.48g0 02fa0029
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