At 08:54 PM 4/12/97 -0700, you wrote:
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>Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 15:45:18 +0100
>From: w_meyer@WESLEY.IT.EMERSON.EDU (William Meyer)
>Subject: warning
>To: william.meyer@alpha.oberlin.edu, smithhale@aol.com,
pplusb@northlink.com
>
>>Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:14:39 -0400
>>From: Mark Cox <spig@emeraldis.com>
>>Subject: Re: Fwd: Fw: good thoughts and fairy dust (fwd)
>>To: Amul Baby <amul@hotmail.com>, pleasants@hotmail.com,
>> klundin@yavapai.cc.az.us, daryn@juno.com, albino_donkey@juno.com,
>> ciscofran@aol.com, starlee@bslnet.com, nobody01@globalnet.co.uk,
>> spig@emeraldis.com, ffwi@goodnet.com, mjwillia@grits.valdesta.peachnet.edu,
>> jeowen2@vt.edu, thepumpkinking@juno.com, treble_swing@juno.com,
>> clyde@alpha.clarion-net.com, ricks@bslnet.com, kschmelred@aol.com,
>> jpolyn01@servax.fiu.edu, contryman7@aol.com, sugar_and_spice@juno.com,
>> jpressnall@juno.com, rhythm@hotmail.com, w_meyer@WESLEY.IT.EMERSON.EDU,
>> altredge@primenet.com, chelseam@juno.com, jtn3@dana.ucc.nau.edu,
>> xasaydav@ucsd.edu, derry@istar.ca, anj2@dana.ucc.nau.edu,
jells@primenet.com,
>> cik2@cornell.edu, nhansenb@juno.com
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>>if you get this twice, sorry.....
>>
>>The Edwin McCain Band Discussion Lis
>>
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>>> >>>>THIS INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED THIS MORNING FROM IBM, PLEASE SHARE IT
>>
>>> >>>WITH ANYONE THAT MIGHT ACCESS THE INTERNET:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>If anyone receives mail entitled: PENPAL GREETINGS! please delete it
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>WITHOUT reading it!! This is a warning for all Internet users -
>>there
>>> >>>is a dangerous virus propigating across the Internet through an
>>e-mail
>>
>>> >>>message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!". DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MESSAGE
>>> >>>ENTITLED "PENPAL GREETINGS!" This message appears to be a friendly
>>> >>>letter asking 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 ard drive, destroying all of the data
>>present.
>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>It is a self replicating virus, and once the message is read, it will
>>
>>> >>>AUTOMATICA
>>> >>>LLY forward itself to anyone who's e-mail address is present in YOUR
>>> >>>mail box!
>>> >>>
>>> >>>>This virus will DESTROY your hard drive, and holds the potential to
>>> >>>DESTROY the hard drive of anyone whose e-mail is in your inbox, and
>>> >>>whose mail is in their box and so on. If this virus keeps getting
>>> >>>passed, it has the potential to do a great deal of DAMAGE to computer
>>
>>> >>>networks worldwi
>>> >>>de!!!
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>Please, delete the message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" as soon as
>>you
>>> >>>see it! And pass this message along to all of your friends,
>>relatives
>>
>>> >>>and the other readers of the news groups and mailing lists which you
>>> >>>are on so
>>> >>> that they are not hurt by this dangerous virus. Please pass this
>>> >>>along to everyone you know so this can be stopped.
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>~~
>>>>
>>>
>>> >>>>Anyone who recieves this must send it to as many people as you can.
>>> >>>>It is essential that this problem be reconciled as soon as posilbe.
>>> >>>>If you recieve an E-mail with the subject heading of
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>aol4free.com
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>DO NOT OPEN IT. It eats the Anti-virus Software that comes with the
>>> >>>>Windows '95 Program along with F-Prot AVS. Neither was able to
>>detect
>>> >>>>it. Then it deletes all your files. Please be careful and send
>>this
>>> >>>>to as many people as possible, so may be this new virus can be
>>> >>>>eliminated.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>
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>"Old man, how is it that you hear these things?"
>"Young man, how is it that you do not?
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>I understand everyones concern over virus's, but it has always been my
understasnding that a virus can only be bassed on through an executable
file, such as one that ends in "exe" or "com". Additionally the file the
virus is attached to must be "run" for the virus to execute. I think we
have been through this before on the list, not to say we should be prudent
but I don't believe that a virus can be passed on in the this way. Any
thoughts? Of course I will delete said message just in case......
Ross Overcash, 74B, NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer, MA.
http://www.tiac.com/users/jroverca
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