Re: virus alert
From: Poutinen, Jay (jpoutine@uwsp.edu)
Fri Sep 15 09:16:50 2000
This virus hoax has been around for over a year. This information is from
Symantec's web site on virus hoaxes.
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Please ignore any messages regarding this "hoax" and do not pass on any
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messages regarding it. Passing on messages about this hoax serves only to
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further propagate it.
Write-up by: Motoaki Yamamura
May 6, 1999
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jesus-hoax.html
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From: Karla [mailto:ifirgit@webcntrl.com]
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 12:46 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
Subject: virus alert
I just thought I would forward this on to everyone as a warning.
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Karla
Subject: FW: Warning about a new Virus!!!!!!
> > >> Importance: High
> > >>
> > >> IMPORTANCE: HIGH
> > >> PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS OR.
> > >> 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 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 reformat
> > >> 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 online 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.
> > >>
> > >> Joyce L. Bober
> > >> IBM Information Systems
> > >> Pittsburgh Mailing Systems
> > >> 412/922-8744
> > >> 412/937-1730 Fax
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