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"The virus that kills your computer!" Rumored Virus at my School.

cwa107

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deer dance said:
I thought that was my point?

and I didn't mean say that BlueMac did it, I meant say one of us did it.
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I'm confused. That seemed like a proposal to me.
 
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Whatever

It was more of a joke anyway
 
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deer dance said:
I just got an idea

What if all of us spread the word to all of the other forums we post on about the first virus ever made for Mac OS X?

We could say one of us made it and now it's starting to spread
and then we see how far it gets?
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Doing this is basically as bad as making/spreading a virus. Great, we send a bunch of people into a panic for nothing. Now they all go and waste time installing anti-virus. For no personal gain, just to be jerks. NOT FUNNY.
 
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Davidk02 said:
Doing this is basically as bad as making/spreading a virus. Great, we send a bunch of people into a panic for nothing. Now they all go and waste time installing anti-virus. For no personal gain, just to be jerks. NOT FUNNY.
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And it would probably ultimately end in us getting our IP addresses terminated, and the FBI knocking on our door. It may even go further, if they have some sort of evidence a real virus existed.
 

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