Saw this virus alert about 6 months ago and have recieved other information
confirming it as a hoax. Know of no one who has actually recieved the virus
just lots of people who have recieved the warning. May be as well to be
alert but shouldn't get to worried about the slightly sensationalist warning.
Regards
Phil
At 17:54 31/01/99 -0000, Richard Smith wrote:
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>Dr Richard Smith, PhD (Bristol),
>Lecturer in Human Geography and GaWC Research Fellow,
>Department of Geography, University of Leicester, University Road,
>Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK.
>Tel: +44 (0) 116 252 3845
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>"The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes but having
>new eyes" (Marcel Proust)
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>>>-----Original Message-----
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>>>Sent: 28 January 1999 11:58
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>>>Subject: Virus Alert !
>>>
>>>Subject: VIRUS WARNING !!!
>>>From: Ioan Ciobotaru at BlistexInc
>>>Date: 1/26/99 11:52 AM
>>>
>>>WARNING Message from IBM
>>>
>>>If you receive an e-mail titled.JOIN THE CREW/for PENPALS
>>>DO NOT open it! It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive!
>>>Send this letter out to as many people as you can. This is a
>>>new virus and not many people know about it! This information
>>>was received this morning by IBM, Please share it with anyone
>>>that might access the internet!!
>>>
>>>PENPAL 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 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 box! This virus will destroy your hard drive and
>>>holds the potential to DESTROY the hard drive of anyone whose
>>>mail is in your box and whose mail is in their box and so on and on!
>>>So delete any message titled PENPAL or JOIN THE CREW. This
>>>virus can do major DAMAGE to worldwide networks!
>>>
>>>PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND
>>>PEOPLE IN YOUR MAILBOXES. AOL HAS SAID THIS IS A VERY
>>>DANGEROUS VIRUS AND THERE IS NO REMEDY FOR THIS.
>>>FORWARD IT TO ALL YOUR ON-LINE FRIENDS A.S.A.P.!
>>>
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Philip Bower,
Magdalene College,
Magdalene Street,
Cambridge.
CB3 OAG
"If I stick a little pyramid on top does that make it post-modern"
Henry Beard
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