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THIS ONE IS A HOAX. IT'S BEEN GOING AROUND FOR QUITE SOME
TIME.
I will try to find the message I received form someone else
who did some coutnermeasures on this and forward on.
Emil Aschheim wrote:
>
> Just received this. Sad, but there seems to be no end to mischief.
>
> ------------------ Forward Header --------------------
> Originally From: Easchh@xxxxxxx
> Subject: warning- new virus (forward)
> Date: 04/26/1999 08:38pm
>
> >Got this from a friend today:
>
> > >>> >> WARNING
> >> >>> >> >
> >> >>> >> >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 .>
> >> >>> >
> >> >>>
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