According to IBM's hoax alert web site, as of Jan 12,1999, this too is just
a hoax. Check it out:
http://www.av.ibm.com/BreakingNews/HypeAlert/Guts/
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From: <OHFASTONE@aol.com>
To: <Nass@egroups.com>; <Spitfires@autox.team.net>;
<Triumphs@autox.team.net>; <nassadmin@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 1:04 PM
Subject: Have you heard...
>
> Has anyone heard about this?
> Michael
>
> FYI....
>
> PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR.
> If you receive an email 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 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.
>
>
> Forward this warning to everyone that might access the Internet.
> Jerry Stragazzi
> IBM Global Services
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