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Friday, June 14, 2002

Fake Virus Threats -- 10:59 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

I happened to see an article on the front page of the paper today about a "new" virus that can infect picture files. Naturally I was skeptical, especially since there was very litttle proof offered as to how it would work. Another tip-off was that the only person quoted was someone from McAfee. Hmm. Well, michael at Slashdot takes them to task for making up virus threats. Basically this virus story is a great big loaf of crap that is regurgitated by newspaper editors all over the country as if it were a real story. Congratulations, McAfee. Your product successfully detects a virus that doesn't exist and does no damage even if it did. Hooray for you.

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