You would think, with all the links in this email, that somebosy would have
checked one of them to see if this was a hoax.
from mcafee.com
http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=98893&
And please, the next time anyone sendsyou an email that says "PLEASE SEND TO
EVERYONE IN YOUR CONTACT LIST".....
just don't
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Bevan" <richbevan@hotmail.com>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 1:31 PM
Subject: [idm] Fwd: FW: FW: Urgent!!!! NEW Viruses
quoted 31 lines From: "ben macmillan" <benmacmillan@hotmail.com>
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>
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> >From: "ben macmillan" <benmacmillan@hotmail.com>
> >To: Earnent@aol.com, wendy.joelson@hfcbank.co.uk,
> >alicemacmillan@hotmail.com, CliveMacmillan@Servisair.com,
> >sdykes@vodafone-corporate.co.uk, louise_e_browne@hotmail.com,
> >Nick@hyperial.co.uk, barbaraeyoung@hotmail.com, hjbmacmillan@hotmail.com,
> >bruce.mcclure@db.com, dunnsimon@hotmail.com, hmfc23@hotmail.com,
> >gregmcmorris@hotmail.com, jamesyburns@yahoo.com,
> >JamesMetcalf62@hotmail.com, matthewjohnrobertson@hotmail.com,
> >geobar76@hotmail.com, julesajas@hotmail.com, jamescullen22@hotmail.com,
> >mjborzecki@hotmail.com, pierrescotland@hotmail.com, claremacm@AOL.com,
> >cameronboag@hotmail.com, gee_mac@hotmail.com, sned75@hotmail.com,
> >nickys25@hotmail.com, tracymmwalker@hotmail.com, gemmathegem@hotmail.com,
> >richbevan@hotmail.com, gregknox100@hotmail.com, styleyes@hotmail.com,
> >slittle99@hotmail.com, danyzyw@hotmail.com
> >Subject: Fwd: FW: FW: Urgent!!!! NEW Viruses
> >Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 06:26:32 -0000
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: Andrew Boyd <andrew@sidiintl.com>
> > >To: adrian.cheesley@emimusic.com, "Ali W. Abedi" <aabedi@xenel.com>,
> >Anthony Hamer-Hodges <anthony@incentivemusic.co.uk>, arabnews
> ><editorial1@arabnews.com>, bashar.sultan@emimusic.com, "Ben Dickinson
> >(E-mail)" <bdickinson@fpdsavills.com.hk>, ben macmillan
> ><benmacmillan@hotmail.com>, booklet <JB@achws.co.uk>,
> >caranjo@megastar.co.ae, Christopher Watt <Cwatt@jupiter-group.co.uk>, Dan
> >Perloff <dan@moonshine.com>, claude@react-music.co.uk, Dunedin
Appointments
quoted 5 lines <dunedinapp@btconnect.com>, Eddie Jones <EddieJ@TheKnowledge.com>,
> ><dunedinapp@btconnect.com>, Eddie Jones <EddieJ@TheKnowledge.com>,
> >emma@react-music.co.uk, "Finlayson, Colin (UK- Scotland)"
> ><colin.finlayson@eu.joneslanglasalle.com>, fleur MacIntosh
> ><fleurmacintosh@hotmail.com>, Gloria <gloria@sidimiddleeast.com>, Hassan
> >Wahbe <hassanw@megastar.com.sa>, Hatim Abdul Aziz
<hatim@megastar.com.sa>,
quoted 40 lines Hattie Campbell <hattie@seriousrecords.com>, hisham <hishamre@link.net>,
> >Hattie Campbell <hattie@seriousrecords.com>, hisham <hishamre@link.net>,
> >Ian J Fisher <ifish@batelco.com.bh>, Jerry Butson - DMC
> ><jerry@dmcworld.com>, "Jill Fraser (E-mail)" <smokeyshiell@yahoo.com>,
> >John Reed <jreed@defected.co.uk>, Jude Noon
> ><judenoon@incentivemusic.co.uk>, Kirsty Palmer <kpalmer@geraldeve.com>,
> >lain boyd <boydie@mail.com>, Linda Jones <mslj@vossnet.co.uk>, Majed Abdi
> ><majed@sidiarabia.net>, Malcolm Macdonald <calummacd@hotmail.com>, mariam
> ><marketing@nazaer.com>, mcsad <00106224@napier.ac.uk>,
> >melvis.furtado@emimusic.com, mendini
> ><colin.finlayson@eu.joneslanglasalle.com>, Michael Brown
> ><mikenjenb@yahoo.co.uk>, Murale Narayan <Muralen@mcr.com.sa>, Norman
> >Morrison <N.Morrison@btinternet.com>, 'Paul Findlay'
> ><Paul_Findlay@insignia-re.com>, payal.sukheja@emimusic.com, Ramesh Balan
> ><balanramesh@usa.net>, RAY BOYD <cars@rayboyd.co.uk>, rico
> ><Richard.Lewis@chesterton.co.uk>, Rony <rony@sidimiddleeast.com>, Saudi
> >Gazette - editor <cjaywing@yahoo.com>, Selim Bassal
> ><selimbassal@gpd.com.sa>, Shuckri BMG MENA <sbundakji@bmgmena.com>, sidi
> ><sidi@cyberia.net.lb>, stallions Records <stallion@ogertel.com>, Stewart
> ><smorrison@bmgmena.com>, Stuart McMorris <stukid@hotmail.com>, the doe
> ><Kenneth.Duncanson@joneslanglasalle.com>, the turk
> ><jamesmacleod@uk.arthurandersen.com>, Tobias Lampe
> ><tobias@superstition.de>, vt.ravi@emimusic.com, Wajed Aly Khan
> ><Wajed@art-jed.com>, Way Out West - Micky W <mickyb@netgates.co.uk>
> > >Subject: FW: FW: Urgent!!!! NEW Viruses
> > >Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:30:37 +0300
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Subject: FW: FW: Urgent!!!! NEW Viruses
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -
> > > > >>> > > > A new virus has just been discovered that has been
> > > > classified by
> > > > >>> > >Microsoft
> > > > >>> > > > ( www.microsoft.com ) and by McAfee(www.mcafee.com )
> > > > >>> > > > as the most destructive ever!
> > > > >>> > > > This virus was discovered yesterday afternoon by McAfee
and
quoted 76 lines no
> > > > no
> > > > >>vaccine
> > > > >>> > > > has yet been developed. This virus simply destroys Sector
> > > > Zero from
> > > > >>> the
> > > > >>> > > > hard disk, where vital information for its functioning are
> > > > stored.
> > > > >>> This
> > > > >>> > > > virus acts in the following manner: It sends itself
> > > > automatically
> > > > >>to
> > > > >>> > > > all contacts on your list with the title "A Virtual Card
> > > > for You".
> > > > >>> As
> > > > >>> > > > soon as the supposed virtual card is opened, the
> > > > >>> > > > computer freezes so
> > > > >>> > > > that the user has to reboot. When the ctrl+alt+del
> > > > >>> > > > keys or the reset
> > > > >>> > > > button are pressed, the virus destroys Sector Zero,
> > > > >>> > > > thus permanently
> > > > >>> > > > destroying the hard disk. Yesterday in just a few
> > > > >>> > > > hours this virus caused
> > > > >>> > > > panic in New York, according to news broadcast by
> > > > >>> > > > CNN( www.cnn.com < <http://www.cnn.com> ).
> > > > >>> > > > This alert was received by an employee of Microsoft
> > > > >>> > > > itself.
> > > > >>> > > > So don't open any mails with subject "A Virtual
> > > > >>> > > > Card for You". As soon
> > > > >>> > > > as you get the mail, delete it. Please pass on this
> > > > >>> > > > mail to all your
> > > > >>> > > > friends. Forward this to everyone in your address
> > > > >>> > > > book. I would rather
> > > > >>> > > > receive this 25 times than not at all. Also: Intel
> > > > >>> > > > announced that a
> > > > >>> > > > new and very destructive virus was discovered
> > > > >>> > > > recently. If you receive
> > > > >>> > > > an email called "An Internet Flower For You", do
> > > > >>> > > > not open it. Delete it
> > > > >>> > > > right away! This virus removes all dynamic link
> > > > >>> > > > libraries (.dll
> > > > >>> > > > files) from your computer. Your computer will not be
> > > > >>> > > > able to boot up. ! !
> > > > >>> > > > SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST!!
> > > > >>> > > >
> > > > >>> > > >
> > > > >>> > > >
> > > > >>> > > >
> > > > >>> >
> > > > >>> >
> > > >
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