JUST THOUGHT I'D PASS THIS WARNING ALONG.
>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
>
Rod Randle
Shoreline, WA
'78 Spit FM77880U
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