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From: John Szumowski <harpo@javanet.com>
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Subject: Re: VIRUS ALERT
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 22:33:16 -0500
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Little John wrote:
>
> Subject: Fw: IMPORTANT! virus alert - " Trojan Horse" -Forwarded
> Date: Monday, December 09, 1996 9:37 PM
>
> Subject: Virus Alert
> Importance: High
>
> If anyone receives mail entitled: PENPAL
> GREETINGS! ; please delete it
> WITHOUT reading it. Below is a little explanation of
> the message, and what it would do to your PC if you
> were to read the message.
>
> This is a warning for all internet users - there is a
> dangerous virus propagating across the internet
> through an e-mail message entitled "PENPAL
> GREETINGS!". DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY
> MESSAGE ENTITLED "PENPAL GREETING!."
>
> This message 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 of 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 mailbox!
bullshit.
>
> This virus will DESTROY your hard drive, and holds
> the potential to
> DESTROY the hard drive of anyone whose mail is in
> your inbox, and who's mail is in their inbox, and so on.
> If this virus remains unchecked, it has the potential to
> do a great deal of DAMAGE to computer networks
> worldwide!!!!
>
> Please, delete the message entitled "PENPAL
> GREETING!' as soon as you see it!
> And pass this message along to all of your friends
> and relatives, and the other readers of the
> newsgroups and mailing list which you are on, so
> that they are not hurt by this dangerous virus!!!!
> --------- End forwarded message ----------
this may be a naive question, but how could just *downloading* a file
cause trouble? it seems like, for most viri that i've heard of, they
have to be executed...this whole post sounds bogus to me.
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