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Another useful de-bunking page: http://www.mcafee.com/support/hoax.asp cheers, os. Jesse Kudler wrote: > > These stupid things circulate a lot. You can't get a virus from an >e-mail, > only an executable program. If a mail has an attachment, that could >have a > virus, but not the mail itself. I see these kinds of warnings all the >time, > and I'm surprised no one else has debunked this one yet. > > -Jesse > > -----Original Message----- > From: jeff & mary duke <jmar@bellsouth.net> > To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> > Date: Sunday, November 16, 1997 3:49 PM > Subject: Re: Virus Alert > > >Phil Diem wrote: > >> > >> 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 > >> > > >> > > >> >anyone know how to keep my mail from opening a message before i have > read the title? I am running netscape 3.0. thanks Jeff > > > > -- Os os@millennium.co.uk http://webworlds.net/os/