F A X V I R U S W A R N I N G third document. Any unsuspecting user
would think it some sort of sick joke-
at best. Imagine the trouble it could
-=Typed by Torch/LSD=- cause when faxing a letter to your
bank manager about extending your
overdraught.
Is nothing safe from the evil virus
menace? This excerpt was taken from It's hardly surprising then, that
a top trade mag. manufacturers and users alike, want an
end to this potentially harmfull
"Rumours have been flying around the phenomenon. One of the largest
computer world this week, concerning a manufacturers of business fax machines
possible new virus... for FAX has released a statement to a number
MACHINES. of major companies. In it, it is
claimed that on most machines there is
It seems that not only are some people a small amount of RAM available (data
intent on the infection of computer buffer etc.) and the virus programmers
systems, but also on other office have used this to store the offensive
equipment. Reports we have seen all item.
claim that the "virus" causes the
machine to print what can only be However, as this memory is so easily
described as phallic symbols on every accessible by users it is not too
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difficult to clear it, and stop the
virus from returning. To clear it
from machines, simply change every
number memory block to 1234567890,
after powering the machine down for
approximatly 25 minutes.
However, it is not always as simple
for users of some machines. The
companies we contacted said that users
may have to arrange for an engineer to
test suspicious fax machines."
Well. Is nothing safe anymore? What
next? A Coffee machine virus that
spits out beef tea instead of coffee
white with sugar? Who knows? Who
cares? Not me, cos I ain't got a
bloody fax machine!
end.
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