dmg@lid.mitre.org (David Gursky) (10/29/89)
Just a "friendly reminder" to the readers of Virus-L (and apologies to those who get both RISKS and Virus-L, and saw this note in RISKS some weeks ago). There are several key dates that electronic vandals like to strike on: Any Friday the 13th, April Fool's Day, and Halloween. The latter is Tuesday, and it would be exceedingly prudent (not to mention cheap insurance) for people to back up their disks in the event they are infected with a virus, or are unwittingly using a Trojan Horse, equipped with a time-bomb set for Halloween. A backup will not prevent the time-bomb from going off, nor will it remove the virus or Trojan Horse from your system, but it will be invaluable in recovering any data you may loose.