RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Microsoft: Evil Empire or Suitable Software?

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

It's a cover up.  Windows itself is the virus!! ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Mikhail Kovalenko [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 10:14 AM
To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Microsoft: Evil Empire or Suitable
Software?


John Engelbrecht wrote:
>
[snip]
> 
> point is, Norton System 2001 and McAfee detects
> MBR virus "NYB" or something like that.
> 
> McAfee won't get rid of it, but ya can SYS C: it or
> use Norton System Works 2001

Joke of the day:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/
(on Windows MSI Download page):

Windows Install Notes

...
False Virus Alert

Norton AntiVirus 2000 detects VBS.NewLove.A in the file
ActivePerl-Winfaq12.html (part of ActivePerl documentation). We do not
have a virus in our documentation, a code sample for Microsoft Outlook
triggers the virus alert. Symantec has been notified of this issue.
...


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