This is a hoax. for mor info see the McAffe web pages <
http://www.mcafee.com/support/penpal.html> They also have a list of all
comon viruses and a calendar of date related viruses.
Larry Macy
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>------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
>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
>>MIME-version: 1.0
>>X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
>>X-Priority: 3
>>
>>if you get this twice, sorry.....
>>
>>The Edwin McCain Band Discussion Lis
>>
>>
>>> >>>>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.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>
>
>"Old man, how is it that you hear these things?"
>"Young man, how is it that you do not?
>
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