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Fwd: New E-mail Virus

To: tigers@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Fwd: New E-mail Virus
From: "Schonberger, Barry" <bkschonb.ucs@smtp.usi.edu>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 97 9:45:55 -0400
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I received a copy of this message from a friend in Colorado who, in turn, 
received it from a "reliable source".  Do with it what you will.

>> >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 ASAP.
>> >Forward this ASAP. to every single person you know!!!!!!!!!
>

Dan Heil
Physical Education


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