I've stripped off all email addresses, purely as protocol.
Highly infectious meme, or real threat, do you think?
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Luis Mesa wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 12:56:08 +0200
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> Status:
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> Please diregard if already aware of it.
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> IMPORTANT!!!!
> =
> It is
> essential
> that this
> problem be
> reconciled
> as soon as
> possible.
> A
> few hours
> ago,
> Someone
> opened an
> E-mail
> that had
> the
> subject
> heading of
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> ao4free.com
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> Within
> seconds of
> opening
> it, a
> window
> appeared
> and began
> to display
> all
> files that
> were being
> deleted.
> The user
> immediately
> shut down
> the
> computer,
> but it was
> too late.
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> This virus
> wiped all
> out. It
> ate the
> Anti-Virus
> Software
> that comes
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> with the
> Windows
> '95
> Program
> along with
> F-Prot
> AVS.
> Neither
> was able
> to
> detect it.
> =
> Please be
> careful
> and send
> this to as
> many
> people as
> possible,
> so maybe
> this new
> virus can
> be
> eliminated.
> =
> Please
> pass this
> on,...........to
> anyone you
> know
> =
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> This
> information
> was
> received
> this
> morning
> from IBM,
> please
> share it
> with
> anyone
> that might
> access the
> Internet:
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> If anyone
> receives
> e-mail
> entitled
> "PENPAL
> GREETINGS!"
> please
> delete it
> WITHOUT
> 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
> REETINGS"!!
> This
> message
> appears to
> be a
> friendly
> letter
> asking you
> if you are
> interested
> in a
> penpal,
> but by the
> time you
> read the
> 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
> whose
> 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 whose
> 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!
> =
> Pass this
> message
> along to
> all of
> your
> friends
> and other
> readers of
> the
> newsgroups
> and
> mailing
> lists
> which you
> are on so
> that they
> are not
> hurt
> by this
> dangerous
> virus!!!!
> =
> Justiwan
> H. Tungadi
> =
> IT
> Services
> =
> Schlumberger
> GeoQuest
> Sentra
> Mulia 16th
> floor,
> Suite 1608
> =
> Jl. HR.
> Rasuna
> Said Kav.
> X-6 No. 8
> Jakarta
> 12940
> INDONESIA
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> Claude SUTER Communication & Investor Relations - Europe
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> Luis J. Mesa
> Controller Geco-Prakla
> Gatwick, England
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