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This article is from the Mini-FAQ: alt.comp.virus FAQ, by George Wenzel gwenzel@telusplanet.net with numerous contributions by others.

4) Before claiming that a "good" virus exists or could exist,...

it would be wise to read Vesselin Bontchev's paper "Are 'Good' Computer Viruses
Still A Bad Idea", available at:

ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/pub/virus/texts/viruses/

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