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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!news.mid.net!mr.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!insync!default From: mtm@insync.net (Michael Murphy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.newton.misc,comp.sys.newton.programmer,comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.pen,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy,comp.sys.powerpc.tech,comp.sys.sgi.admin,comp.sys.sgi.apps,comp.sys.sgi.graphics,comp.sys.sgi.hardware,comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.sys.sun.wanted,comp.sys.tandy,comp.text.frame,comp.text.pdf,comp.text.sgml,comp.text.tex,comp.u nix.admin,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.osf.osf1,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: VIRUS ALERT Date: Tue, 24 Dec 96 04:41:54 GMT Organization: Insync Internet Services Lines: 50 Message-ID: <59nmve$phs@synthemesc.insync.net> References: <59nb2t$eck@news3.texas.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup-164-143.insync.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #2 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.newton.misc:72949 comp.sys.newton.programmer:14731 comp.sys.next.advocacy:43638 comp.sys.next.hardware:25242 comp.sys.next.marketplace:14025 comp.sys.next.misc:41442 comp.sys.next.software:25629 comp.sys.palmtops:60627 comp.sys.pen:13669 comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy:13510 comp.sys.powerpc.tech:3699 comp.sys.sgi.admin:40555 comp.sys.sgi.apps:12963 comp.sys.sgi.graphics:15845 comp.sys.sgi.hardware:23244 comp.sys.sinclair:28852 comp.sys.sun.admin:79883 comp.sys.sun.hardware:4 2621 comp.sys.sun.misc:27598 comp.sys.sun.wanted:16575 comp.sys.tandy:16457 comp.text.frame:20008 comp.text.pdf:5812 comp.text.sgml:14490 comp.text.tex:95646 comp.unix.admin:52291 comp.unix.advocacy:31895 comp.unix.aix:91061 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33039 comp.unix.misc:27290 comp.unix.osf.osf1:17173 comp.unix.programmer:48015 comp.unix.questions:93361 comp.unix.sco.misc:31704 comp.unix.shell:40434 What is this? Another "Good Time's Virus" scare? This is crazy. Email can't contain a virus. Maybe a binary attachment, but then you have to actually run it. Someday these people will learn.... In article <59nb2t$eck@news3.texas.net>, jmh@intrepid.net (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! > >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 ---------- >