RE: Potential virus (fwd)
Gopal Parupudi (gopalp@MICROSOFT.com)
Wed, 12 Mar 1997 11:38:29 -0800
Before we see a flurry of messages from members, I would recommend
anyone hearing/reading about viruses to go and look at the site listed
below. This has got info on various types of viruses especially ones
that are pranks/hoaxes. I am sure there are other sites carrying similar
info.
PENPAL Greetings is a well-known hoax.
http://kumite.com/myths/
Thanks,
Gopal.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sridhar Basavaraju [SMTP:ghantasa@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 1997 9:33 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: FW: Potential virus (fwd)
>
> Hello Everyone, Please read the following message carefully. It is
> very
> important and could cause a lot of damage if regarded lightly. Thanks
>
> Sridhar
> ----------
> Subject: Potential virus
> Date: Monday, March 10, 1997 7:04PM
>
> For all Internet user: Please read the following carefully:
>
>
>
> This info. was received from IBM, please share it with anyone
> that
> might access the Internet:
>
> If any one receives mail entitled: PENPAL GREETINGS ! please
> delete if
> WITHOUT reading it !! This is a warning for all Internet user -
> there
> is a danderous virus propagating across the Internet through an
> e-mail
> message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!". DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY
> MESSAGE
> ENTITLED "PENPAL GREETINGS"!! This msg. appears to be a friendly
> letter asking 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
> msg.
> is read, it will AUTOMATICALLY forward itself to anyone who's
> e-mail
> address is present in YOUR MAIL BOX!
>
> This virus will DESTROY your hard drive, and holds the potencial
> to
> DESTROY the hard drive of anyone whose e-mail is un your in-box,
> and
> who's mail is in their box and so on. If this virus keeps
> getting
> passed, it has the potential to do a great deal of DAMAGE to
> computers
> networks worldwide !!!!!
>
> Please, delete the message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" as soon
> as you
> see it! And pass this msg. along to your friends and other
> readers of
> the news groups 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.
>
>
>