1. Beware of Virus (NO, not the Traveller one)
I just received the message below, and I am sending it to the mailing list
I'm on. I hope nobody is offended by this, as it is dealing with a very
dangerous virus. BEWARE! Send it to everybody!
Einar Mogen
(I just hope this isn't a joke.)
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IMPORTANT!!!!
It is essential that this problem be reconciled as soon as possible. A few
hours ago, Someone opened an E-mail that had the subject heading of
ao4free.com
Within seconds of opening it, a window appeared and began to display all
files that were being deleted. The user immediately shut
down the computer, but it was too late.
This virus wiped all out. It ate the Anti-Virus Software that comes with
the Windows '95 Program along with F-Prot AVS. Neither was able to detect
it. Please be careful and send this to as many people as possible, so
maybe this new virus can be eliminated. Please pass this on,...........to
anyone you know.
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This information was received this morning from IBM, please share it with
anyone that might access the Internet:
If anyone receives e-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 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 the 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 whose 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 worldwide!!!!
Please, delete the message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" AS SOON AS YOU SEE
IT! Pass this message along to all of your friends and other readers of the
newsgroups and mailing lists which you are on so that they are not hurt by
this dangerous virus!!!!
beware
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