Good times virus thing-a-ma-bobber

Perry E. Metzger perry at imsi.com
Tue Dec 6 22:10:41 PST 1994



"ADAM GERSTEIN, _THE_ MACGURU" says:
> Need I remind you of a certain Robert T. Morris? Does the "Internet
> Worm" mean anything to you? Sure, it wasn't actual email, but it did
> use email and other means of transport to cripple the net in a
> matter of hours.

The similarity between the Morris worm and a "if you read it your
computer will get cooties" virus is comparable to the distinction
between an actual war and the film version of "Star Wars".

.pm






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