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From: "John Bush" <>
Subject: Re: Virus Warning
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 10:52:55 +0000

On 23 Aug 97 at 11:54, wrote:

> This is a copy of a forwarded message I received today.
>
> Subject: virus
> Date: 8/18/97 1:59 PM
>
> WARNING!!!!!! If you receive an e-mail titled "JOIN THE CREW" DO
> NOT open it! It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive! Send this
> letter out to as many people you can.......this is a new virus and not
> many people know about it!
>
This is one in a long line of hoax messages. A good webpage on the
subject is at http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html

The pertinant part of this page is as follows:

Join the Crew

Circulating the Internet is an email message entitled "Join the Crew".
For a virus to spread, it must be executed. Reading a mail message
does not execute the mail message. Trojans and viruses have been found
as executable attachments to mail messages, but they must be extracted
and executed to do any harm. CIAC still affirms that reading E-mail,
using typical mail agents, can not activate malicious code delivered
in or with the message.

IMPORTANT - VIRUS Alert!!!

Take note !

Someone got an email, titled as JOIN THE CREW.
It has erased his hard drive.
Do not open up any mail that has this title.
It will erase your whole hard drive.
This is a new email virus and not a lot of people know about
it, just let everyone know, so they won't be a victim.

Please e-mail this to everyone you know!!!
Remember the title : JOIN THE CREW

Variants of this email message are circulating the Internet. If you
receive an email message entitled "Join the Crew" and it has an
attachment, CIAC recommends that you delete the message and the
attachment. If you receive just the message, delete the message.
Please DO NOT circulate unvalidated virus alerts.

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