Hey Michael,
Check out this page:
http://www.av.ibm.com/BreakingNews/HypeAlert/Guts/
It talks about this hoax and how to spot others in the future. You
might want to forward the address above to your MIS department and to
whoever hired them. When they find a virus that will make my spit
leak oil or stop running for no reason, please send it on. Oops, I
think I've got that already.
Alan Stiebing
'77 Spitfire
>From: Michael Graziano <mgrazian@ltcm.com>
>Reply-To: Michael Graziano <mgrazian@ltcm.com>
>To: "MGList (E-mail)" <mgs@autox.team.net>,"z-car (E-mail)"<z-
car@taex001.tamu.edu>,"Spridgets (E-
mail)"<spridgets@autox.team.net>,"'Healeys'"
<healeys@autox.team.net>,"'Spitfires'" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
>Subject: <all> New Virus Warning
>Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 12:26:53 -0400
>
>Hey folks. Sorry if you've already seen this, but my Net Admin
just passed
>this along. He (they) believe it to be a valid warning (not a
hoax).
>
>FYI
>
>Michael
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Patrick Phillips [mailto:pphillip@exch01]
>Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 12:23 PM
>To: ltcm
>Cc: Patrick Phillips
>Subject: Virus Warning
>
>
>
>
>If you receive an e-mail titled "It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus'
>DO NOT OPEN IT. It will erase everything on your hard drive. This
>information was announced yesterday morning from IBM; AOL states that
>this is a very dangerous virus, much worse than "Melissa", and that
>there is NO remedy for it at this time.
>
>Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the re-format
function
>from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all documents on
>the hard drive. It has been designed to work with Netscape
Navigator
>and Microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and IBM
>compatible computers. This is a new, very malicious virus and not
>many people know about it.
>
>Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book and please
>share it with all your on-line friends ASAP so that this threat may
>be stopped. Please practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that
>may have access to your computer. Forward this warning to everyone
>that might access the internet.
>
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