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This is the first one of these that I've seen in a while. It appears to be legitiment - coming from and through reliable sorces. If it is legitiment then it's VERY IMPORTANT! >Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 21:43:11 -0500 (EST) >From: "Ray E. Mattatall" <mattatal@umich.edu> >X-Sender: mattatal@choplifter.rs.itd.umich.edu >Subject: Fwd: [Fwd: Fw: Virus warning] >________________________________________________ > Subject: NEW VIRUS!! > > 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! > > This information was received this morning from IBM, please share > it with anyone that might access the Internet. > > Also, if anyone receives mail entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" please > delete it WITH OUT reading it!! This is a warning for all Internet > users-there is a dangerous virus propagating across the Internet > through an e-mail message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!". > > DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MESSAGE ENTITLED "PENPAL GREETINGS"!! > > This message appears to be a friendly letter asking you 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-replicating 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 > who's 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 worldwide!!! > > 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 the other readers of the newsgroups and mailing lists > which you are on so that they are not hurt by this dangerous virus! > > Please pass this along to everyone you know so this can be stopped. > > PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS. > > WARNING!!! This is a new virus going around in the last couple of > days! 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. > > Forward this A.S.A.P. to every single person you know!!!!!!!!! > > Greg Dimond > Informix > Software, Inc. > Global Telecommunications > 703-714-0608 > >