Tie me to a pig and roll me in the mud

[Tim Woodall]

(Note followup.)

On Sun, 8 Oct 2001 02:07:38 GMT,
Rob Maxwell <robu...@excite.com> wrote:
Some stupid javascript that presumably pops up a message stating that
you have a virus on your system.

With the Americans "war against terrorism" and their desire to see local
laws made international (c.f. US v Dimitry Sklyarov), I expect we will soon
see Rob Maxwell prosecuted under the Computer Misuse Act.

Well we can always dream :-)

Tim.

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[Randall Bart]

'Twas Mon, 8 Oct 2001 11:35:35 +0000 (UTC) when the wise and venerated
t...@pauli.locofungus.org (Tim Woodall) enlightened uk.tech.misc with these
thought provoking words:

>On Sun, 8 Oct 2001 02:07:38 GMT,
> Rob Maxwell <robu...@excite.com> wrote:
>Some stupid javascript that presumably pops up a message stating that
>you have a virus on your system.
>
>With the Americans "war against terrorism" and their desire to see local
>laws made international (c.f. US v Dimitry Sklyarov), I expect we will soon
>see Rob Maxwell prosecuted under the Computer Misuse Act.

Maxwell is almost certainly an innocent victim. This has been posted to
several newsgroups, and the from line is always forged.
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