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From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1993 02:44:05 -0400

        WASHINGTON (UPI) -- A set of computer disks holding the entire 1,300
pages of President Clinton's health care reform plan and distributed by
the White House this week appears to be infected with a virus.
        A correspondent for Bloomberg Business News, said that at least one
set of disks was infected with a computer virus.
        The reporter said a computer virus named ``Stoned 3'' wreaks havoc
with the program in the hard disk and flashes a large message saying
``Your PC is stoned: legalize marijuana.''
...


        Media staffer Jock Gill, who was responsible for the disks, and whose
name and number were on their labels, said ``it's very unlikely'' that
the White House disks would be infected with a virus.


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