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Adam Maddison , austinp@headland.co.uk , idm@hyperreal.org , Matt , Richard Dytch , Tom Price
Date:
Thu, 11 Sep 1997 18:12:00 +0100
Subject:
(idm) FW: Virus Warning...If you have not seen]
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heres one of those virus warnings... dont know if its true...but no point taking the chance....
quoted 75 lines Subject: Virus Warning...If you have not seen thi> Subject: Virus Warning...If you have not seen thi > > Original Subject: > Virus Warning...If you have not seen this, please read. > > Just a few words of warning: > > There are several new viruses coming in mail entitled > (1)"JOIN THE CREW" > (2)"PENPAL GREETINGS" > (3)"Returned or Unable to Deliver" > > This information was received from IBM, please share it with anyone > that > might access the Internet. > WARNING!!!!!! If you receive an e-mail titled "JOIN THE CREW" DO NOT > open > it.It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive! Send this letter out > to > as > many people you can........this is a new virus and not many people > know > about it! > If anyone receives mail entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" please delete it > WITHOUT reading it!!. This is a warning for all Internet users- > there is a dangerous virus propagating across the Internet through > this > an > e-mail message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS" > DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MESSAGE ENTITLED "PENPAL GREETINGS" > This appears to be a friendly letter asking if you are interested in a > > penpal,but by the time you read this letter it is too late. The Trojan > > horse virus will have already infected the boot sector of your hard > drive, > destroying all of the data present. > It is a self-replacing virus and once the message is read it will > AUTOMATICALLY forward itself to anyone who's e-mail address is present > in > YOUR mailbox. > This virus will destroy your hard drive and holds the potential to > DESTROY > the hard drive of anyone whose mail is in your in-box and whose mail > is > in > their in-box and so on. > If this virus keeps getting passed it has the potential to do a great > deal > of DAMAGE to computer networks world-wide!!!! > Please delete the message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS" > as soon as you see it. And pass this message along to all of your > friends, > relatives and other readers of the newsgroups and mailing lists which > you > are on so that they are not hurt by this dangerous virus. > DO NOT open or even look at any mail that you get that says > "Returned or Unable to Deliver" This virus will attach itself to your > computer components and render them useless. Immediately delete any > mail > items that says this. > AOL has said this is a very dangerous virus and there is NO remedy for > it > at this time. > Please Be Careful, and forward to all your on-line friends A.S.A.P. > > This was forwarded to me from Rick at Bandtrax, please forward onwards > to > all your friends and pets. > > Cheers, > > Bill > > Genius, Webguy, Generally Deranged Musician, etc...