Part 125 (2/2)

So it was staged, set up?

MUSTA BEEN NOT CHEAP A GOOD BBS TAKES ABOUT 10,000 TO GET GOING

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FOR WHO?

Just a friend What else?

THEY'VE DISTRIBUTED MILLIONS OF PROGRAMS MILLIONS

Is every one infected?

I GUESS SO EVERY ONE WE'VE LOOKED AT IS

Who else knows

NEMO, PHREAK PHRIENDS IN A COUPLE OF DAYS YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GIVE FREEDOM AWAY IF IT'S INFECTED, WHICH IT IS, IT'S ALL OVER FOR THEM THEIR REP IS SHOT

Aren't you worried about a repeat performance on your computers?

NO I MOVED WHAT WAS LEFT OF MY EQUIPMENT AND WE SWITCHED TO CELLULAR CALL FORWARDING CAN'T BE TRACED FOR MONTHS BUT I APPRECIATE THE CONCERN

I'll call you Myto want to talk to you

Monday, January 18 New York City Times

dGRAPH INFECTED WITH VIRUS: DGI OFFERS FREE UPGRADES

by Scott Mason

In an unprecedented conate Pierre Troubleaux admitted that every copy of dGraph sold since late 1987 contains and is infected with highly dangerous and contagious computer viruses

He blamed Taki homosoto, chairman of OSO Industries, and the parent company of DGI for the viruses that Troubleaux said were implanted on purpose

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Since there are so many different viruses present in the dozens of dGraph versions, (Mr Troubleaux estimates there may be as many as 500) it is impossible to detere Therefore DGI is offering free uninfected copies of dGraph to every registered user

Industry reaction was strong, but surprisingly non-critical of DGI's dileeneral the reaction was one of shock and disbelief ”If this is true,” said one source, ”the ae done will be incalculable” He went on to say that since the virus problenored, very few businesses have any sort of defensive e companies have the most to lose when the dGraph Virus explodes

The , ”it was bound to happen sooner or later We're just glad it didn't happen to us” Leading software fir Micro- soft, Lotus, Computer associates and Borland have offered their disk duplication and shi+pping facilities to assist DGI in dis- tributing over four ram

Even with such support policies by DGI and the assistance of the software industry, there is a great fear that the infected dGraph prograra to Ralph Potter of the International Virus asso- ciation, ”This is a disaster of unfathomable proportions It could not bea virus for years The designers knehat they were doing, waiting so long before the viruses were triggered to go off The ultimate Trojan Horse”

The National Computer Systems Laboratory at the National Insti- tute of Standards and Technology issued a terse state that they would soon publish recommended procedures to minimize the effects of the current virus crisis They predicted at least 2 millions personal computers would be stricken with the dGraph Viruses