Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 11:19:41 -0600
Reply-To: Scott Durrant <sdurrant@MOSBYCH1.COM>
Sender: Vanagon mailing list <Vanagon@Gerry.SDSC.EDU>
From: Scott Durrant <sdurrant@MOSBYCH1.COM>
Subject: Re: FW: FW. DEADLY COMPUTER VIRUS -Forwarded
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I am not aware of any email programs that will automatically run an
executable, even if it is an attachment. Therefore these viruses are
generally a hoax.
Watch out for Active-X pages, they will destroy your drives ... another
fine product brought to us compliments of Microsoft :)
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> From: Doug Prescott <DAPrescott@AOL.COM>
> To: Vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU
> Subject: Fwd: FW: FW. DEADLY COMPUTER VIRUS -Forwarded
> Date: Thursday, September 11, 1997 10:36 AM
>
> Fellow Listees:
>
> FWIW
> ---------------------
> Forwarded message:
> Subj: Fwd: FW: FW. DEADLY COMPUTER VIRUS -Forwarded
> Date: 97-09-10 16:52:44 EDT
> From: Pj nspi
> To: eileen@acls.org
> CC: Id8619,CMC1863,DJD216,DAPrescott
> CC: MBECKER@wcupa.ed
>
>
> ---------------------
> Forwarded message:
> Subj: Re: FW: FW. DEADLY COMPUTER VIRUS -Forwarded
> Date: 97-09-10 12:09:09 EDT
> From: ADiminno
> To: Pj nspi,JLONG@phila.k12.pa.us
> To: CAMRIES,Patd426
>
> In a message dated 97-09-09 18:38:13 EDT, you write:
>
> << ear ALL USERS,
> >>>> Please read this message
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>> FOR YOUR INFORMATION
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>> It is essential that this problem be reconciled as soon as
> possible.
> >>>A few hours ago, someone opened an E-mail that had the subject
heading
> >>>>> of a04free.com
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Within seconds of opening it, a windows 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 all out. It ate the Ani-Virus Software that comes
> >>>>> with the Windows'95 Program along with F-Prot AVS. Neither was
able
> >>>to detect it. Please be careful and send this to as many peoples as
> >>>>> passable, so maybe this new virus can be eliminated.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Please pass this on .................to anyone you know.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This information was received this morning from IBM, please share
it
> >>>>> with anyone that might access the Internet:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If anyone receives E-mail entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" please
delete
> >>>>> it WITHOUT READING IT!! This is a warning for all 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 the time you 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
> >>>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 keeps getting passed, it has the potential to do a
> >>>great deal of damage to computer networks worldwide !!!!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Pass this message along to all your users and other readers of the
> >>>>> newsgroups and mailing lists which you are on so that they are not
> >>>>> hurt by this DANGEROUS VIRUS !!!!!!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> >>
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