MIDI Players Have Computer Viruses
By Rick Cooley
In a recent note I stated:
> I have downloaded over 20,000 standard midi music files from the
> Internet that all perform satisfactorily. (Sadly, I must also report
> that several computer viruses ... have done well also.)
>
>[ Oooh, bad news! Have others "caught viruses" in this fashion?
>[ I.e., while down-loading data files? I thought viruses only
>[ traveled with executable programs, etc. -- Robbie
Robbie is likely correct. What I failed to add to my note is the fact that I also downloaded (with the 20,000 tunes) just about every free MIDI player on the Internet. All were opened, tried and then discarded. By then, the damage was done. So which came first? The (virus) chicken or the (virus) egg ? I still have a "form virus" in the boot section of my 166-MHz computer which has slowed it to a crawl! Any suggestions out there (besides setting it ablaze)?
Regards, Rick Cooley
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