ridecamp@endurance.net: Fw: VIRUS WARNING!!!!!!!

Fw: VIRUS WARNING!!!!!!!

moor4u (moor4u@iserv.net)
Tue, 12 Aug 97 19:51:58 PDT

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> Date: ×6Ç 19:50:12
> From: moor4u
> To: mageroom@golden.net
> Subject: VIRUS WARNING!!!!!!!
>
> A few hours ago, someone opened an E-mail that had the subject heading
> of
> ao4free.com. Within seconds of opening it, a window appeared and began to
> display all files that were being deleted. The user immediately shut down
> the computer, but it was too late. This virus wiped everything out. It
> ate the anti-virus software that comes with the Windows '95 prograam along
> with F-Prot AVS. Neither was able to detect it. Please be careful and
> send this to as many people as possible so maybe this new virus can be
> eliminated.
> VIRUS #2 "PENPAL GREETINGS"
> This information was recieved this morning from IBM, please share it with
> anyone who might access the internet. If anyone receives e-mail with this
> heading, pleasee delete it WITHOUT READING it!!!!!!!!!!!!! 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 have read the 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 whose e-mail address is in your INBOX and whose mail is in their
> box and so on. IF this virus keeps getting passed, it has the potential
to
> do a great deal of damage to computer networks worlwide!!
>
> PLEASE DELETE this E-mail title as soon as you see it!!!!!!! Pass this
> along to anyone who may use e-mail on their computer!!!
>
> Regards
>
> Neville.

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