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Re: Fwd: warning (fwd) (fwd)

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Subject: Re: Fwd: warning (fwd) (fwd)
From: Rod Randle <randle@concentric.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 00:05:17 -0800
References: <971109193132_-1710509503@mrin83.mail.aol.com>
JUST THOUGHT I'D PASS THIS WARNING ALONG.

>WARNING!!!!!!
>If you receive an e-mail titled "JOIN THE CREW" DO NOT open it!  It >will 
>erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive!  Send this letter out to as >many people 
>you can ... this is a new virus and not many people know >about it.  This 
>information was received this morning from IBM, please >share it with anyone 
>that might access the Internet. Also, if anyone >receives mail entitled 
>"PENPAL GREETINGS!" please delete it WITH OUT >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 GREETINGS"!!  This message appears to 
>be a  friendly >letter asking you 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 message >is 
>read, it will AUTOMATICALLY forward itself to anyone who's 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 who's 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!  And pass >this message along to all of 
>your friends, relatives and the other >readers of the newsgroups 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.  PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS.  WARNING!!!  This
>is a new virus going around in the last couple of days!  DO NOT open
>or even look at any mail that you get that says:  "Returned or Unable
>to Deliver"  This virus will attach itself to your computer components
>and render them useless.  Immediately delete any mail items that says
>this.  AOL has said this is a very dangerous virus, and there is NO
>remedy for it at this time.  Please Be Careful, And forward to all
>your on-line friends A.S.A.P.  Forward this A.S.A.P. to every single
>person you know!!!!!!!!! 
>
>Greg Dimond
>Informix Software, Inc.
>Global Telecommunications
>703-714-0608
>

Rod Randle
Shoreline, WA
'78 Spit FM77880U

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