virus: VIRUS ALERT !! (fwd)

Drakir (Drahcir@tripod.net)
Wed, 13 Aug 1997 13:08:38 +0100


I usually wouldn't bother forwarding any kind of message like this, but
since it came round the building flash-mail I figured that it might be
worth sending, since anyone sending hoax emails round like that is
liable to get their arse chewed off by management.

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.
> =

> 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
> =

> 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.
> =

> 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:
> =

> 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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