Computer Virus File Sharing Alert (short story)
- You may be looking for the concept of a computer virus.
Computer Virus File Sharing Alert, prefixed as PRESS STATEMENT: Computer Virus File Sharing Alert on the story's page, was the fifth short story exclusively published on the U.N.I.T. website on 18 April 2005[1] by the BBC webteam. Computer Virus File Sharing Alert was the fourth release in the UNIT Press Briefings series of in-universe press briefings.
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In a press briefing set for immediate release on 10 March 2005, UNIT warns Internet users of an "alarming" file-sharing virus, named "RUFFCUT", which learns what a given individual is interested in, then disguises itself as something that the given individual would want to download; once downloaded, the virus releases a "catastrophic payload".
The briefing quotes UNIT's IT/AT Liaison, Lt D Judd, who explains the deadliness of the virus, its fast growth, its then-unknown damage and the impact on the Internet itself, slowing it down to an alarming degree. The virus, in just the past hour, has already shut down the networks of "a hospital and three government departments across Europe and brought the traffic systems in Lisbon to a halt." Judd politely asks Internet users not to pirate anything off the Internet to help prevent its spread.
The writer of the briefing then states that any updates will be posted as soon as they are available.
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- From the mention of internet piracy to the name of the virus, it likely this story is alluding to the leaked cut of Rose before its official premiere.
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