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Re: Virus Alert



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
>
>