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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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> Name   : Asaf Sabag NetManage - SQA Haifa Israel
> E-mail : Asaf Sabag <asaf@netmanage.co.il
> Date   : 12/24/96                        Time : 07:34:58
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