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Re: Virussssss... Good to know




It's high time subscribers to this list restrict their messages to somewhat
plausible subjects.


DD

At 07:34 AM 12/24/96 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>This is Virus warning, Good to know even if it's not Linux.
>
>   
>     If anyone receives mail entitled: PENPAL GREETINGS! please delete it
>     WITHOUT reading it.  
>     Below is a little explanation of the message, and what it would
>     do to your PC if you were to read the message:
>     This is a warning for all internet users - there is a dangerous virus
>     propogating 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 inbox, and who's mail is
>     in their inbox, and so on.  If this virus remains unchecked, 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 and 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!!!!
>
>
>Thanks,
>        Asaf.
>
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>Date   : 12/24/96                        Time : 07:34:58
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