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Subject:

Re: VIRUS ALERT

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Date:

Fri, 1 Dec 2000 14:54:09 -0000

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This is a hoax.  Do not forward

A list of known hoaxes and chain letters can be found on the
Web at:

Datafellows Anti-virus:
http://www.datafellows.com/news/hoax/

Computer Incident Advisory Capability of the U.S. Dept. of Energy
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACChainLetters.html

> -----Original Message-----
> From: VASIL SANAKIDIS-??????? ????????? [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 01 December 2000 14:38
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      VIRUS ALERT
>
> Subject: VIRUS ALERTS....DO NOT DELETE.....
>
>
> VIRUS #1
>
> MAJOR VIRUS! (alert by Bell Canada)
>
> PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE FOR WHOM YOU HAVE AN E-MAIL
> ADDRESS.....
> If you receive an email titled "Let's watch TV", DO NOT OPEN IT.  It will
> erase everything on your hard drive. This information was announced,
> yesterday morning from IBM; AOL states that "KALI" is a very dangerous
> virus,
> much worse than "Melissa," and that there is NO remedy for it at this
> time.Some very sick
> Individual has succeeded in using the reformat function from Norton
> Utilities
> causing it to completely erase all documents on the hard drive. It has
> been
> designed to work with Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
> It
> destroys Macintosh and IBM compatible computers.  This is a new, very
> Malicious virus and not many people
> know about it.... Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book
> and Please share it with all your online friends ASAP, so that this threat
> may be stopped.
>
> Forward this warning to everyone that might access the Internet.
>
> Ruth Marshall
> System Application Representative
> Bell Canada
> 416 353-8101
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> VIRUS#2
>
> VIRUS ALERT
>
> READ IMMEDIATELY AND PASS ON!!!!!!!!!
>
> Someone is sending out a very cute screensaver of the Budweiser Frogs.  If
> you download it, you will lose EVERYTHING!  Your hard drive will crash and
> someone from the Internet will get your screen name and password!  DO NOT
> DOWNLOAD IT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!  It just went into circulation
> yesterday.  Please
> distribute this message. 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 that might access the Internet. Once again, pass
> this
> along to EVERYONE in your address book so that this may be stopped. AOL
> has
> said that this is a very dangerous virus and that there is NO remedy for
> it
> at this time.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> VIRUS #3
>
> --- [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>  <
> mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>   wrote:
>
> I checked this one out thru "Symantic Virus Hoax" web site and it appears
> to
> be a real threat to our computers.  DO NOT open PRETTY PARK, even if it
> comes
> from a familiar person.  The person that sent it to us had checked it out
> through another source.
>
> Have a good day, Linda
>
> Subject: A VIRUS
>
> WARNING..THIS ONE IS WORSE THAN THE "I LOVE YOU VIRUS".  I AM SENDING THIS
> TO
> THOSE I THINK WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE USING THEIR COMPUTERS.  DO NOT OPEN
> "PRETTY PARK." It is a virus that will erase your whole = "C" drive.  It
> will
> come to you in the form of an e-mail from a familiar person.
> i repeat, DO NOT OPEN.  DELETE RIGHT AWAY.  It gets into your address
> book.
> A "friend" sent it to me, but called & warned me before I opened it.  She
> was
> not so lucky and now she can't even start her computer!  Forward this to
> everyone in your address book.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> --
> AABP-L messages are confidential to veterinarians and
> veterinary students who are members of the AABP.  Do not
> forward or reproduce without permission from the author.
>
> For help or questions contact one of the AABP-L managers
>                for  November 2000:
>       [log in to unmask] (Chris Cripps)
>       [log in to unmask] (Daniel Forgues)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> -
> (EBRD IT Security Notice ---- This message has been virus scanned)
>
>

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