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echo: virus_info
to: AARON JORDAN
from: PAUL WALKER
date: 1997-06-11 15:14:00
subject: This Deleting Virus message

Hi AARON,
AARON JORDAN to ALL, 05 Jun 97 18:31.
 AJ>         Well I am here to say (and correct me if I'm wrong) that when
 AJ> you "delete" something it's still there unless you actually get down
 AJ> and dirty in the *actual* hardrive which would require special
If you really want to get technical, then the file is marked as being deleted
by having a certain character as the first one in the filename. However, it's
FAT chain is not destroyed until clusters are required for other files, which 
is
why if you undelete things quickly you can normally get files back intact.
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