RE: [RC] Fw: virus alert - Rae Callaway
Hoax. Please check these things out before passing them on. It's really
simple to go to www.snopes.com or www.urbanlegends.com and find out.
>From Snopes:
Virus name: It Takes Guts to Say Jesus
Status: Hoax.
Examples: [Collected on the Internet, 1998]
Say 'Jesus'" do NOT open it. It will erase everything on your hard drive.
This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it. This
information was announced yesterday morning from IBM; please share it with
everyone that might access the internet. Once again, pass this along to
EVERYONE in your address book so that this may be stopped.
Also, do not open or even look at any mail 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 say this. AOL has said that
this is a very dangerous virus and that there is NO remedy for it at this
time. Please practice cautionary measures and forward this to all your
online friends ASAP
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Very Urgent!!!!!!!
PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR. If you receive an
email titled: "It Takes Guts to Say Jesus" DO NOT OPEN IT. It will erase
everything on your hard drive. This information was announced yesterday
morning from IBM; AOL states that this is a very dangerous virus, much
worse than "Melissa," and that there is NO Remedy for it at this time.
Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the reformat function from
Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all documents on the hard
drive. It has been designed to work with Netscape Navigator and Microsoft
Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and IBM compatible computers.
This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it. Pass
this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book and please share it
with all your online friends ASAP so that this threat maybe stopped.
Please practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that may have access to
your computer. Forward this warning to everyone that you know that might
access the Internet.
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If you receive an email titled "It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus' DO NOT OPEN
IT. It will erase everything on your hard drive. This information was
announced yesterday morning from IBM; AOL states that this is a very
dangerous virus, much worse than "Melissa", and that there is NO remedy for
it at this time. Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the
re-format function from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all
documents on the hard drive. It has been designed to work with Netscape
Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys MacIntosh and IBM
compatible computers. This is a new, very malicious virus and not many
people know about it. Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your address
book and please share it with all your online friends ASAP so that this
threat may be stopped. Please practice cautionary measures and tell anyone
that may have access to your computer. Forward this warning to everyone
that might access the internet.
Origins: "It Takes Guts to Say Jesus" is one of the hardier perennial
virus hoaxes, having bloomed in inboxes all over the Internet since 1998.
Although a virus could be harbored in a mail message bearing any subject
line the sender chose, there was never a rash of disabled computers and
trashed hard drives caused by e-mail messages titled "It Takes Guts to Say
Jesus" -- this one was a hoax from the very beginning.
Additional information: It Takes Guts to Say Jesus
(Symantec Security Response)
It Takes Guts to Say Jesus
(McAfee Virus Information Library)
Last updated: 5 March 2002
The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com
> [Original Message]
> From: superpat <superpat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Eden FArm <edenfarm@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Judy <judy_a_kerr@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
Ogletree, Wendy <wro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 9/5/2002 12:59:24 AM
> Subject: [RC] Fw: virus alert
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> Subject: virus alert
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> Just got this from a friend. Don't know any more than that.
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> Very Urgent!!!!!!!
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> PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU HAVE A E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR.
> If you receive an email titled: "It Takes Guts to Say Jesus"
> DO NOT OPEN IT. It will erase everything on your hard drive.
> This information was announced yesterday morning from
> IBM; AOL states that this is a very dangerous virus, much worse than
> "Melissa," and that there is NO Remedy for it at this time. Some very sick
> individual has succeeded in using the reformat function from Norton
> Utilities
> causing it to completely erase all documents on the hard drive. It has
been
> designed to work with Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
> It
> destroys Macintosh and IBM compatible computers.
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> This is a new, very m! ! ! alicious virus and not many people know about
> it. Pass
> this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book and please share it
> with
> all your online friends ASAP so that this threat maybe stopped. Please
> practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that may have access to your
> computer. Forward this warning to everyone that you know that might access
> the Internet.
>
> Joyce L. Bober
> IBM Information Systems
> Pittsburgh Mailing Systems
> 412 - 922-8744
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