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Re: Virussssss... Good to know
Asaf Sabag 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.
Hey, is this April 1st? Isn't this a replay of the fictional virus
supposedly passed by EMail a few months back? It still seems fictional.
> 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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