copper@bgsuvax.UUCP (Chip Copper) (04/19/88)
I'm doing some research on the spread of viruses in the Macintosh community.
I would appreciate it if you would take a few minutes to answer the following
questions.
1. Have you been infected with a virus?
a. If so, which one?
b. How did you detect that you had it?
c. How did you remove it?
d. How do you think you got it?
e. How many people are you aware that you spread it to?
f. Did you contact those people when you found you had the virus?
g. How much information was lost as a result of the virus?
2. Are you using any precautions to prevent yourself from becoming infected
with a virus?
a. If so, what are those precautions?
3. Have you changed your software aquisition habits as a result of the
outbreak of viruses?
a. If so, how?
4. What is your geographic location?
5. Would your site be willing to paricipate in a written survey on this topic?
a. If so, could I please have the name and address of the
appropriate people to contact?
*Important* PLEASE email your responses directly back to me. Don't post
them to the net! If anyone is interested in the results of this initial
survey, please let me know.
Thank you!
Chip Copper (copper@andy.bgsu.edu)
P.S., If there are others at your site that would be willing to participate
in this survey but do not have network access, could you bring this to their
attention? My USMail address is:
Department of Computer Science
Math/Science Building
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403-0214
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Bowling Green State Universitytim@ism780c.UUCP (T.W."Tim" Smith, Knowledgian) (04/20/88)
< I'm doing some research on the spread of viruses in the Macintosh community.
< I would appreciate it if you would take a few minutes to answer the following
< questions.
Shouldn't this be in sci.med? What's it got to do with computers?
<
< 1. Have you been infected with a virus?
< a. If so, which one?
The usual flu virus.
< b. How did you detect that you had it?
Fever, sore throat.
< c. How did you remove it?
Just waited for it to go away.
< d. How do you think you got it?
I don't know.
< e. How many people are you aware that you spread it to?
I don't know.
< f. Did you contact those people when you found you had the virus?
I am sure that they figured it out soon by themselves.
< g. How much information was lost as a result of the virus?
None.
<
< 2. Are you using any precautions to prevent yourself from becoming infected
< with a virus?
< a. If so, what are those precautions?
Avoid sick people.
<
< 3. Have you changed your software aquisition habits as a result of the
< outbreak of viruses?
< a. If so, how?
I don't see why I should.
I suppose I had better put a ":-)" in here, or someone will take this
seriously :-(. :-)
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Tim Smith tim@ism780c.isc.com
"I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the
kind of person I'm preaching to" -- J.R. "Bob" Dobbs