Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 22:27:53 -0700 From: Russell Elliott <relliott@geocities.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1359$foo@default> Subject: Re: FW: Virus Alert
syyeo@singnet.com.sg wrote:
>
>
> >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 who's mail is in your inbox, 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.
>
> ----------End of Original Message----------
Looks like it too late for you!!! I'm guessing this is a copycat of
the "Good Times" Virus that "spread" over the internet. You had good
intentions though...
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