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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!howland.erols.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-pen-14.sprintlink.net!buffnet2.buffnet.net!usenet From: rwcrosby@buffnet.net (Rik Crosby) 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: 25 Dec 1996 22:02:06 GMT Organization: BuffNET Lines: 62 Message-ID: <59s88u$63f@buffnet2.buffnet.net> References: <59nb2t$eck@news3.texas.net> <59nmve$phs@synthemesc.insync.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: eppp48.buffnet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.8 (beta 2) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.newton.misc:73013 comp.sys.newton.programmer:14747 comp.sys.next.advocacy:44359 comp.sys.next.hardware:25259 comp.sys.next.marketplace:14043 comp.sys.next.misc:41516 comp.sys.next.software:25684 comp.sys.palmtops:60776 comp.sys.pen:13687 comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy:13598 comp.sys.powerpc.tech:3721 comp.sys.sgi.admin:40600 comp.sys.sgi.apps:12981 comp.sys.sgi.graphics:15873 comp.sys.sgi.hardware:23269 comp.sys.sinclair:28936 comp.sys.sun.admin:79944 comp.sys.sun.hardware:4 2668 comp.sys.sun.misc:27619 comp.sys.sun.wanted:16596 comp.sys.tandy:16473 comp.text.frame:20013 comp.text.pdf:5833 comp.text.sgml:14501 comp.text.tex:95696 comp.unix.admin:52358 comp.unix.advocacy:32030 comp.unix.aix:91109 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33136 comp.unix.misc:27307 comp.unix.osf.osf1:17184 comp.unix.programmer:48072 comp.unix.questions:93396 comp.unix.sco.misc:31781 comp.unix.shell:40463 Ya know, if I remember correctly, thi seems to be the EXACT same warning that was floating around with Good Times. In article <59nmve$phs@synthemesc.insync.net>, mtm@insync.net says... > >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 ---------- >> -- __ _ _ _ | \| | | | | From the desk of the NiteWing | |\ | |/\| | Richard W. Crosby | http://www.buffnet.net/~rwcrosby/ |_| \_|__/\__| rwcrosby@buffnet.net