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From: "Eric A. Mercer" <emercer@central.cis.upenn.edu>
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Subject: Re: VIRUS ALERT
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 10:29:08 -0500
Organization: University of Pennsylvania, GRASP Lab
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Michael Murphy wrote:
> 
> What is this? Another "Good Time's Virus" scare? This is crazy. Email can't
> contain a virus. Maybe a binary attachment, but then you have to actually run
> it. Someday these people will learn....
> 

Actually, they never will...
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