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Miller never knew much about viruses, or took them seriously, until a
friend got infected and it turned out to be more of a nuisance than he
thought. So he decided to write a book about them. And also about
spam, since he was annoyed by that, too.
Part one is about viruses, and other stuff. There are so many errors
in the introduction, chapter one, that I don't know where to start.
Since this book is obviously not written for professionals, is it
important that it was Fred Cohen, and not Len Adleman, who did the
first academic research on viruses? No. Is it important that the
book constantly contradicts itself (for example, promoting the idea
that virus writers are technically competent, and then pointing out
that virus creation kit...
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(Review by Rob Slade)
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