説明
Irina was a publicity stunt gone wrong. The name is
actually the title of a novel by the science fiction
author Steven Baxter, which is set in the web; his
publishers, Penguin Books, sent out a press release in the
form of a spoof virus warning, obviously modelled on Good
Times. A second press release, telling the reader that
the previous was just a publicity stunt, didn't arrive
quickly enough to stop recipients taking the warning
seriously.
Like Good Times, the Irina spoof claims that a virus is
spreading through email. No such virus exists, and in any
case it would be impossible for it to work in the manner
described.