I normally(ie. always) check things out before forwarding them
in case they're a hoax.... like this one.
http://www.cai.com/virusinfo/encyclopedia/hoaxes/jesus-hoax.htm
Bob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of jonmac
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 2:25 AM
> To: Friends of Triumph; Triumphs List; Spitfires List
> Subject: Virus Warning
>
>
>
>
> This maybe a hoax, on the other hand ... pass it along as
> you may feel inclined
> It was forwarded to me by a Senior Litigator in the Canadian
> Revenue Service
>
> Jonmac
>
> >PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR.
>
> > 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 form 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 reformat 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 online friends ASAP so that this threat may be
> stopped. Please
> >practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that may have
> access to
> >your computer.
>
>
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