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echo: aust_modem
to: Bill Grimsley
from: Russell Brooks
date: 1996-02-06 10:13:46
subject: pAUL eDWARDS Virus

BG> Rod, at 07:37 on Feb 03 1996, you wrote to Dave Hatch...



 BG> I've been able to reproduce the problem which Paul had detailed re his 

 BG> serial



 BG> If I induce a RING on the line by dialling 199, the modem responds with 

 BG> garbage

 BG> characters instead of the normal RING result code, and will continue to 

 BG> do so 

 BG> until such time as any command (OTHER THAN ATZ) is issued, at which time 



I logged into TML and got 33600/33600, Great! He can't complain about that

USR anymore!, then I decided to do this test you & Paul are talking about,

using my internal Courier.



After this test, I logged back in to TML and only got 31200/33600. BAD!



On my previous connect he must have uploaded a file to me with 

the " Paul Edwards VIRUS " on in it, because NOW MY Domestic US/Canada

Courier sends the same Egyptian instead of the normal "RING" result code.



I used a mobile Phone to induce my ring. (AND it didn't hurt a bit).

As soon as I saw the Egyptian. I bailed out, didn't even check the ATZ

business.



Now my beloved Courier has a """"BUG""""

I'm DOOMED.

Where is a good bridge to jump off. (not gunna die in Sydney, so don't

mention the coathanger)



I should have known that connecting to all these Australian Couriers would

have eventually corrupted my Domestic Courier.



Where's a Rope,

Russell



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