i'm never bright enough to know whether to take these seriously, and some
of them are successful hoaxes (no viruses, but the announcement leads to
such a flurry of spamming that they discomfort folks and disrupt their
work as much as a real one).
cheers,
dls
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Prof David L. Sackett
Director, NHS R&D Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
Consultant in Medicine Editor, Evidence-Based Medicine
Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford
Level 5, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, England
Phone: +44-(0)1865-221320 Fax: +44-(0)1865 222901
Email: [log in to unmask] WWW: http://cebm.jr2.ox.ac.uk
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and Conference Centre at Irish Lake,
RR #1, Markdale, Ontario, Canada N0C 1H0
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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 06:23:57 +0100
From: Joe Kabukoba <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Fw: VIRUS WARNING
-----Original Message-----
From: Victor Wheeler <[log in to unmask]>
To: selby nicholls <[log in to unmask]>; shelley ragoonanan
<[log in to unmask]>; Martin Peters <[log in to unmask]>; Joe Kabukoba
<[log in to unmask]>; gillian wheeler <[log in to unmask]>; joanne
magloire <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; brian
<[log in to unmask]>; ALyons1019 <[log in to unmask]>; Alana Wheeler
<[log in to unmask]>
Date: 16 April 1999 04:25
Subject: Fw: VIRUS WARNING
>
>
>> > Subject: VIRUS WARNING
>> > Date: Monday, April 12, 1999 11:43 PM
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > Subject: virus warning
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > If you receive an email titled "It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus' DO NOT
>> OPEN
>> > > IT.
>> > > It will erase everything on your hard drive. This information was
>> announced
>> > > yesterday morning from IBM; AOL states that this 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 re-format
>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. Please practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that may
>> > > have access to your computer. Forward this warning to everyone that
>> > > might access the internet.
>> >
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