Rick, Once again, I apologize for my ignorance. When this info came from my IS
dept, I gave it credibility it obviously did not deserve. I won't make the same
mistake again. Sam
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Snover [SMTP:rsnover@toyshop-resto.com]
Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 9:59 AM
To: Sam Clifford
Cc: Vintage Race List
Subject: Re: FW: Update for New Virus
Sorry to blast the list, but hope to quash this before y'all start
forwarding it to "everyone you know"...
Sam Clifford wrote:
>
> If you receive an email titled "It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus'" DO NOT open it.
> It will erase everything on your hard drive....
This is yet another e-mail virus HOAX, a variant of the Good Times
hoax. See http://www.stiller.com/guts.htm. It's still not possible for
any e-mail message itself to do anything to your computer. Only
executable attachments can do what this alert describes, and then only
if you open the attachment.
> ...Forward this letter out to as many people as you can....
That's the dead giveaway. ALL hoaxes emphasize doing that. Somebody
thinks it's funny to bog down the Net with a flurry of spurious virus
warnings and responses.
> Also, do not open or even look at any mail that says "RETURNED OR UNABLE TO
> DELIVER." This virus will attach itself to your computer components and
> render them useless....
That one's an old hoax, re-used in this new message. See
http://vil.mcafee.com/villib/dispHoax.asp?id=deliver
Here are several URLs regarding virus hoaxes that you should consider
checking before blasting a warning to "everyone you know":
http://www.kumite.com/myths/
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html
http://www.nai.com/services/support/hoax/hoax.asp
http://vil.mcafee.com/villib/hoax.asp
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
http://www.eliashim.com/vcenter/irina.html
http://www.ou.edu/oupd/vhoac.htm
http://www.nonprofit.net/hoax/hoax.html
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Rick Snover, IT Department
Toy Shop Restorations, Bonita, CA
http://www.toyshop-resto.com/
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