Very possibly a computer can't catch a virus from an e-mail 
attachment, but many of those whom this message will have reached 
are domestic PC users who don't have the sophisticated backup 
enjoyed by some of us in HE and other institutions!

I repeat:  Better safe than sorry!!

Richard Oliver


On Wed, 16 Jun 1999 13:21:16 +0100 John G. Walker wrote:

> From: John G. Walker <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 13:21:16 +0100
> Subject: Re: Virus Warning
> To: Richard Oliver <[log in to unmask]>, 
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> This is a hoax. It is not possible to catch a virus by just opening 
email.
> You get it by opening attachments, such as Word documents (this 
is how the
> recent Melissa virus was spread).
> 
> In any case, email titles can be easily changed, so you can't 
identify a
> chain message by its title.
> 
> Could list owners please notify their subscribers that these 
messages are
> hoaxes. I seem to get one of these chain letters every couple of 
months.
> And Richard Oliver should ask his correspondent in Burton on Trent 
to pass
> on the message to stop the circulation of this particular letter,
> 
> John Walker
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> 
> At 12:42 16/6/99 -0700, Richard Oliver wrote:
> >The following has been sent to me by a correspondent in 
> >Burton-on-Trent, and is posted for what it may be worth.   I DO NOT 
> >KNOW whether it is another hoax, as  a `hoax virus message' 
about 
> >`Win a holiday' has been doing the rounds of the e-mail lists for 
> >some months; but `Better safe than sorry'!
> >
> >Richard Oliver
> >
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: VICTRO REGISTRY SERVICES LIMITED 
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: 0 - Victro <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Date: May 31, 1999 12:25 PM
> >>Subject: Virus Warning
> >>
> >>
> >>>Here's the latest virus warning that I've received....
> >  If you receive an e-mail titled "PLEASE HELP POOR DOG.Win A 
> >Holiday"    DO NOT open it. It will erase everything on your hard 
> >drive. Forward    this  letter out to as many people as you can.  
This 
> >is a new, very  malicious  virus and not many people know about 
it.  
> >This information  was   announced  yesterday morning from 
> >Microsoft, please share it with  everyone who might access the 
> >Internet.
> >>
> > 





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