CS117341@YUSOL.BITNET (Norman) (01/09/90)
> However, I really think that there was a major benefit to all of this [media > hype over virus scare] > ... >The Oct 13 scare made our users [...]FINALLY listen to our pleadings >to make backup copies of their software and data. Interesting...where I work (NOT York U, by the way), we had just the opposite happen. Since there was no apparent danger from the virus, there's obviously no need for backups. This belief is somehow supported by the fact that all 300+ computers in our building and remote offices survived the scare. (I won't mention the belief by some that the virus affected IBM labelled computers ONLY). And no amount of pleas or lecturing will get them to change. The only thing that seems to have an affect is when somebody drops a PC and trashes a hard disk in the process (and believe me, it's happened more than once). Norman cs117341@yusol.Bitnet cs117341@sol.YorkU.CA cs117341%yusol@mivma.mit.edu Not connected to York U (I'm just a student). Standard disclaimers apply.