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New Virus hidden on demo

    13-Oct-88 10:13:07
Fm: Joel "Walrus" Salazar 73557,2347
To: James Hyatt 72267,22
Jim, you really should confirm a rumor like this before posting a message on it. What kind of proof do you have that there's a virus or trojan horse in "Doc"? "Doc" is widely available, and I've heard no reports of problems with it. I have it, I've run it several times, it does nothing to your hardware, it does not write to any disks (even if they're left un-write-protected) when run, the disk with "Doc" on it is exactly the same after as before running (you do have to reboot to get out of the demo though), etc. What exactly are you claiming "Doc" will do to a disk or to your hardware? I've had no problems with it at all. It's very similar to many other European demos available, only its better. -Joel