Re: Gadi Busted In Massive Conspiracy

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

> You *do* realize that:
>
> a) People won't call the support center until they notice that *.DOC just
> went walkies...
>
> b) They probably had the phone number in a file called SUPPORT.DOC
>
> And hilarity ensues....

It took a few days for the likely real scale of CIH to seep through, 
with very few reports _on the day itself_.  In that case we are talking 
about a virus that rendered the victim PC totally useless -- bordering 
on boat-anchor territory.  I suspect that reports of any effects of 
this virus' damage will likely be delayed a similar amount (one to two 
normal-working-week days -- so Monday or Tuesday), _AND_ such reports 
will greatly "under-represent" the estimates of how many machines were 
affected, as you'll probably only hear of a fraction of those that were 
hit and for which no backups are available.  Likewise, machines where 
although tons of files were trashed, "nothing valuable" was lost, will 
likely go unreported too...


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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