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echo: virus_info
to: GEOFF WHITE
from: RICK COLLINS
date: 1997-01-04 01:58:00
subject: ibm stuff

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gw> regarding the 'supposed' virus which makes people's computers
gw> blow up, i see most people are just brushing it off as just
gw> another stupid idea. well, i saw an ibm aptiva actually turn off
gw> by itself by just using the software, so i am not putting
gw> hardware destruction caused by viruses too far out.... 
Why not?  Macs have been switched of by software for years.  There is
a hugh difference between a feature _programmed into_ a system and
supported by the hardware and a "virus which destroys hardware".
TTFN. Rick.
Ottawa, ON 4 Jan 2:00 
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