FW: WARNING!!!!!!!!!!

Al Randall. (maven@foothills.eznet.com)
Sat, 18 Jan 1997 06:27:14 -0800

FYI.
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From: Rick Linda and Steve Slagle[SMTP:slagle@nac.net]
Sent: Friday, January 17, 1997 4:16 AM
To: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: Fw: WARNING!!!!!!!!!!

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> From: Pirie <pirie@ionline.net>
> To: slagle@nac.net
> Subject:
> Date: January 16, 1997 7:51 PM
>
> >X-POP3-Rcpt: pirie@iop100
> >Comments: Authenticated sender is <jbbbowman@host.kw.igs.net>
> >Resent-from: "Jim Bowman" <jbbbowman@kw.igs.net>
> >Resent-to: pirie@ionline.net
> >Resent-date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 19:14:34 -0500
> >Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 20:40:03 -0700 (MST)
> >X-Sender: kmcquar@mail.supernet.ab.ca
> >Mime-Version: 1.0
> >To: jbbbowman@kw.igs.net
> >From: Katie McQuarrie <kmcquar@supernet.ab.ca>
> >
> >If anyone receives mail entitled: PENPAL GREETINGS! 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. PLEASE FORWARD THIS
MESSAGE
> >AS A WARNING 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 inbox, and whose 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!!!!
> >
> > Charlotte Baker, Faculty Administrator
> > Dean's Office, College of Medicine
> > University of Kentucky
> > Ph: (606) 323-5566
> > Fax: (606) 323-2039
> > E-Mail: cwbaker@pop.uky.edu
> >_________________________________________________________
> >
>
>
>
> "Nobody's interested in something you didn't do." -The Tragically Hip
>