Dear Mailbase Subscribers,
I am in two minds about whether to scare you all with the attached
message, but since it came to me from an impeccable source (the German
Department in Cambridge) I think I better had. AOL is, as you know, the
name of an American internet software program, and the perpetrator of this
virus scare is presumably cashing in on this reputable trade mark.
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 12:47:42 +0100
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Subject: Virus Warning - Forwarded
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Please read and be fore-warned
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Anyone who receives this must sent it to as many people as you can.
It is essential that this problem be reconciled as soon as possible.
A few hours ago, I opened an E-mail that had the subject heading of
"AOL4FREE.COM". Within seconds of opening it, a window appeared and
began to display my files that were being deleted. I immediately shut
down my computer, but it was too late. This virus wiped me out. It ate
the Anti-Virus Software that comes 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.
DON'T OPEN E-MAIL NOTING "AOL4FREE"
--
Lieselotte Pust
Englisches Seminar I
Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet
D- 79 085 Freiburg i. Br.
Germany
Tel. [+49](0)761/203-3321
This may all just be much ado about nothing, but at least I feel I've done
my duty.
Happy hunting and frohes Schaffen - Frank Shaw
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