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Lin Hong connected to the chat system in the official BBS and found that the other members were inside. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

You're finally on.

Stone: Sorry, I came back late for something today. How's the preparation going?

Max: It's all set, just wait for the time to send out the announcement, you go to the backend and take a look to see if there's anything that needs to be changed.

Lin Hong then switched to the BBS backstage and looked at the announcement that had been written a long time ago, he didn't have any opinions, just follow this, after all, many things have been discussed before.

Back in BBS, Lin Hong remembered the previous email, so he asked:

Stone: What's in that email attachment from Pissen?

Pissen: My email? No, I didn't send an email.

When Lin Hong saw his words, he couldn't help but be stunned, and just wanted to ask again, but saw Matthew enter:

MAX: It's time! I'm going to make an announcement, everyone goes back to BBS, actively answers everyone's questions, and if there's anything bad to answer, leave it all to me!

……

On SAM's official BBS, there are nearly 200 people waiting for the arrival of 12 o'clock in the evening.

When the minute and hour hands coincided and pointed vertically upwards, Matthew finally sent out the content of the announcement that had been prepared long ago.

There are three main points in this upgrade.

The first is the introduction of a network relay server, which can be an improved calculator or a CDAD device developed by SAM itself. After upgrading, you can install the software by accessing the relay server. It's very convenient.

Moreover. The CDAD equipment will be officially sold at a preferential price, and the profits will be used for the construction of the association. The SAM Association calls on all major schools across the country to set up SAM Association branches in their schools, and once the successful establishment is confirmed, SAM will give away a free set of CDAD equipment and provide long-term technical support.

Second, the latest cracker is more thorough and introduces a compression mechanism, which greatly improves the efficiency of flash memory. It's almost the equivalent of using technology to double the size of storage space.

Thirdly, the SAM Association announced the improvement plan of the calculator, calling on users who have the ability and conditions and understand the technology to do it by themselves, and then provide relay services to everyone. The SAM Association will confirm these users and give them advanced user certification, and if there is anything new to be released in the future, it will give priority to these people for testing.

In addition, students at Boston Latin School will be the first to experience the effects of the CDAD equipment, in front of the school's cafeteria. The CDAD device has been installed for a day.

It is worth mentioning that the latest crack program will integrate an advertising system, and Sam reminds everyone that if you are very concerned about this user. You can choose not to upgrade, or run the restore program after the upgrade.

As soon as this announcement was released, it immediately aroused heated discussions.

"Network brokerage? That's cool! ”

"Excuse me, does this mean that our calculator is directly connected to the Internet?"

"How much does a CDAD device cost? I'm more interested! ”

"We are already preparing to form a branch of the association, how can we get the official confirmation?"

"I'm not pouring cold water on everyone. But a reminder to everyone, remember what day it is. ”

……

The number of posts in BBS immediately increased, and as soon as it was refreshed, there were several new posts or replies.

Members of the SAM Association had to be busy answering all sorts of strange questions, some of which were operationally and financially specific, and Matthew was specifically replying.

Although all the members of the SAM Association patiently replied on BBS, there were still many members who did not believe in it, because the function was too hard to believe. They don't believe that SAM can actually do this.

The craze on BBS lasted until two o'clock in the evening.

The Sam Seven ended up back in the chat room.

Max: It looks like it's working out pretty well, and I can't wait to see how they react tomorrow!

Eagle: Matthew, is it appropriate to price our CDAD device at $150? Will it be a little more expensive?

Max: Is that expensive? I was going to have set up two hundred dollars! You don't want to think about it, this little thing costs more than 120 dollars, let alone the time and effort invested in development.

Torch: I also think the pricing is a bit too cheap, if it's a commercial product, at least double, the technical content contained in this device is not ordinarily high, I dare say that other commercial companies do not have such products.

The torch is the one who has already participated in the work and has the most say in this point.

Left hand: yes. If it weren't for the fact that the project itself is non-profit, this pricing would certainly be inappropriate. Not to mention anything else, just the infrared wireless protocol of Stone, if you use another company's protocol, it is likely to pay a license fee.

Torch: Stone, you've already patented this protocol, right? If not, you should apply immediately, and since Mr. Wozniak made a special request last time, it has already attracted the attention of many companies.

Already applied.

……

After they had talked a little longer, Pearson suddenly spoke:

Pearson: I also received two emails.

Lin Hong suddenly remembered the previous email, Pisen said that he had not sent an email, which made him feel a little strange, and now he also received it, so he asked:

Stone: Was it Arthur and Matthew?

He asked, but he didn't get an answer.

Stone: Pissen, are you still there?

At this time, Lin Hong noticed that Pisen, Matthew, Arthur and Torch were all directly offline. Only he and his left hand were left online.

Left Hand: What's wrong? Why are they all gone all of a sudden?

Stone: Something seems wrong. Did you receive the email?

Left hand: I don't know. I haven't looked at the mailbox yet. What mail?

Before Lin Hong could answer, there was a knock on his door.

Lin Hong opened the door and saw Arthur standing outside, and the first thing he said to him was:

"That email was a virus."

Lin Hong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly ran to the computer and woke up his left hand.

stone: Don't look at the attachment for the email titled April Fool's Day gift, it's a virus!

But after waiting for a long time, he didn't see a response. The left hand is now offline.

Lin Hong was a little speechless for a moment, wouldn't it be so exaggerated, could it be that they were in a group of seven, and he was the only one left who didn't get hit?

Then, the phone in Lin Hong's room rang, but fortunately, he had already adjusted the volume of the phone to the minimum, and it would not disturb Vina and Orlando.

"I'm poisoned!" Matthew was depressed at the moment.

"I know, Arthur was poisoned too, that email, right?"

“**!” Matthew cursed again. "I should have thought that several emails would have the same headline, which is obviously not normal."

"Well, this virus. It seems to be a deception spread by taking advantage of the unguarded psychology between acquaintances. ”

Lin Hong suddenly remembered Kevin Mitnick and what he talked about "social engineering", which can be regarded as one of the cases, which is to use the weakness of people's hearts to spread.

Hanging up the phone, Lin Hong followed Arthur to his room.

His computer at the moment was completely unbootable, and the system was completely destroyed.

After Arthur used the system disk to get in, he found out tragically. His hard drive was completely formatted!

"Damn it!" When Arthur saw this, his face suddenly changed, but there were a lot of useful things stored in his hard drive, all the code and tools he had written before were on it, and now they were completely destroyed!

Lin Hong inquired in detail about the virus.

Arthur said that after he executed one of the documents. A skull picture suddenly popped up on the monitor,Then a melodious music began to play inside the speaker,At first, he thought it was a prank sent by Piesen,Then I found that the hard drive had been creaking,Something was wrong。

When the music is finished, his system screen is completely black, and it can't start at all.

At that time, he immediately ran to Lin Hong's and reminded him that it was a virus.

However, Arthur never imagined that this virus would be so ruthless that it would directly format the entire hard drive.

Most of the things on Arthur's hard drive were not backed up, so he had to start reinstalling the system and then restoring the data, but he was not sure that all the data would be successfully restored.

"I saw that they were all offline, and it looks like they were poisoned too. This virus is really bothered, and it has been specially written in two versions, whether it is a DOS system or an Apple system, it can be run. Lin Hong couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, Arthur couldn't help but feel a little strange, he turned his head and asked, "Why aren't you poisoned?" That attachment you didn't open? ”

"I'm using the minix operating system sent by my friend last time, and this virus can't run in this operating system."

It's really lucky to say that he escaped because he was too lazy to switch to the DOS system. Otherwise, he would have run that program long ago.

At this time, although the virus has begun to emerge gradually, it still has not aroused everyone's vigilance enough.

Moreover, many viruses are not very destructive, and there are many viruses that belong to the hoax type, which leads to everyone feeling indifferent to the poisoning phenomenon.

What's more, those who were addicted to computers during this period were some enthusiasts and enthusiasts of electronic technology. We usually communicate through BBS or email, and the overall atmosphere is very friendly, and a sense of implicit trust has been established between each other. Even if you meet a stranger, you will subconsciously classify them as a kind person at first.

Now, this habit is being exploited by this virus, which quickly spreads by obtaining email addresses between acquaintances, sending outgoing emails, and combining it with the special time of April Fool's Day.

This is why, among the seven members of the SAM Association, only Lin Hong survived, if it didn't happen that he was using the minix system, he would definitely have been tricked. (To be continued)