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From: Martyn.Amos@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Martyn Amos)
Subject: Re: Help you ripping PC virus!
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In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.960226151903.1138A-100000@icarus.cc.uic.edu> Wolfgang McKeown <mwolfg1@icarus.cc.uic.edu> writes:
>On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Martyn Amos <Martyn.Amos@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.960223160245.17160A-100000@icarus.cc.uic.edu> Wolfgang McKeown <mwolfg1@icarus.cc.uic.edu> writes:
>> >There are already programs on the Web similar to viruses which do this.  
>> >Look for the Webcrawler at <http://www.webcrawler.com>.
>> 
>> If I were you I'd be very careful about comparing the Webcrawler software 
>> to a virus.
>
>Why?

Simple answer: Because it isn't similar to a virus.

Longer answer: Web pages are "registered" with the service, and the
software simply performs a keyword search on this register.

Regards,

Martyn
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