The virus alert forwarded on to you recently is a hoax.
The message contains a lot of the warning signs of such
hoaxes, and should be ignored. Please do not forward
virus alerts or warnings on to others without personally
verifying their authenticity. I would highly suggest that
you read the US DOE's Computer Incident Advisory Capability
WWW page on Internet Hoaxes before forwarding any such
messages along. Their Hoax page is at
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html
and explicitly lists this "WIN A HOLIDAY" hoax.
--ken
Steinbeck Michael wrote:
>Subject: ********VIRUS ALERT**********
>
> If you receive an e-mail titled "WIN A HOLIDAY" DO NOT open
> it, it will erase everything on your hard drive. Forward this
> letter out to as many people as you can. This is a new,
> very malicious virus and not many people know about it. This
> information was announced yesterday morning from Microsoft,
> please share it with everyone that might access the Internet.
> Once again, pass this along to EVERYONE in your address
> book so that this may be stopped. Also, do not open or even
> look at any mail that says "RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVER"
> this virus will attach itself to your computer components and
> render them useless. Immediately delete any mail items that say
> this. AOL has said that this is a very dangerous virus and that
> there is NO remedy for it at this time. please practice
> cautionary measures and forward this to all your on-line friend
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