Sorry folks, "It takes guts..." is just another virus hoax. Check out
the following link at IBM's Antivirus web site:
http://www.av.ibm.com/BreakingNews/HypeAlert/Guts/
I always check www.av.ibm.com whenever I hear a new virus report. You
might want to clue your NetAdmin on this as well.
Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net
Michael Graziano wrote:
>
> Hey folks. Sorry if you've already seen this, but my Net Admin just passed
> this along. He (they) believe it to be a valid warning (not a hoax).
>
> FYI
>
> Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Phillips [mailto:pphillip@exch01]
> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 12:23 PM
> To: ltcm
> Cc: Patrick Phillips
> Subject: Virus Warning
>
> If you receive an e-mail titled "It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus'
> DO NOT OPEN IT. It will erase everything on your hard drive. This
> information was announced yesterday morning from IBM; AOL states that
> this is a very dangerous virus, much worse than "Melissa", and that
> there is NO remedy for it at this time.
>
> Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the re-format function
> from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all documents on
> the hard drive. It has been designed to work with Netscape Navigator
> and Microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and IBM
> compatible computers. This is a new, very malicious virus and not
> many people know about it.
>
> Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book and please
> share it with all your on-line friends ASAP so that this threat may
> be stopped. Please practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that
> may have access to your computer. Forward this warning to everyone
> that might access the internet.
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