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From: "Z. Birkenbuel" <drhobbes@u.washington.edu>
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<snip> 
> And what if I'd send you a 50kb executable that would 'crack' Q2
> for you? I can make a simple program in QB for you that would
> format your HD without the "FORMAT" whatever line of text.
> I don't run stuff from people I don't know. Period.
> 
> Niels / "Hydra"
> 

Agreed.  A friend of mine had the (thankfully un-implemented) idea that
you could corrupt a flash bios writing utility to fill the CMOS with
random garbage.  You wouldn't notice it until you shutdown and tried to
restart your computer, and it probably wouldn't contain ANYTHING that
looked suspect.  Point is, there are some sick people out there and I wont
trust them unless I know them personally.