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These stupid things circulate a lot. You can't get a virus from an e-mail, only an executable program. If a mail has an attachment, that could have a virus, but not the mail itself. I see these kinds of warnings all the time, and I'm surprised no one else has debunked this one yet. -Jesse -----Original Message----- From: jeff & mary duke <jmar@bellsouth.net> To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> Date: Sunday, November 16, 1997 3:49 PM Subject: Re: Virus Alert >Phil Diem wrote: >> >> This is the first one of these that I've seen in a while. It appears to >> be legitiment - coming from and through reliable sorces. If it is >> legitiment then it's VERY IMPORTANT! >> >> >Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 21:43:11 -0500 (EST) >> >From: "Ray E. Mattatall" <mattatal@umich.edu> >> >X-Sender: mattatal@choplifter.rs.itd.umich.edu >> >Subject: Fwd: [Fwd: Fw: Virus warning] >> >________________________________________________ >> >> > Subject: NEW VIRUS!! >> > >> > WARNING!!!!!! If you receive an e-mail titled "JOIN THE CREW" DO NOT >> > open it! It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive! Send this >> > letter out to as many people you can ... this is a new virus and not >> > many people know about it! >> > >> > This information was received this morning from IBM, please share >> > it with anyone that might access the Internet. >> > >> > Also, if anyone receives mail entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" please >> > delete it WITH OUT 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 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 in-box and >> > who's mail is in their in-box and so on. If this virus keeps >> > getting passed, 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, >> > 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! >> > >> > Please pass this along to everyone you know so this can be stopped. >> > >> > PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS. >> > >> > WARNING!!! This is a new virus going around in the last couple of >> > days! DO NOT open or even look at any mail that you get 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 says this. AOL has said this is a very dangerous >> > virus, and there is NO remedy for it at this time. Please Be >> > Careful, >> > And forward to all your on-line friends A.S.A.P. >> > >> > Forward this A.S.A.P. to every single person you know!!!!!!!!! >> > >> > Greg Dimond >> > Informix >> > Software, Inc. >> > Global Telecommunications >> > 703-714-0608 >> > >> > >> >anyone know how to keep my mail from opening a message before i have read the title? I am running netscape 3.0. thanks Jeff > >