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From: "Wayne-Leigh Nefdt" <>
Subject: Re: Unidentified subject!
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 00:28:08 +0200
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Please stop perpetrating this HOAX, the person who started this is sitting
back and laughing while the cyber community goes nutty emailing this
message back and forth all over the world. I personally have received this
"warning" 12 times.
May I suggest that in future upon receiving any new "virus warning" go to
the following site and check its authenticity, http://www.ncsa.com/virus/
and if you find it to be listed as one of the latest hoaxes, then delete it
and DO NOT remail anybody else with a well intentioned, but false warning.
Thank you for reading this and please bookmark the site given for future
use.
Wayne Nefdt
George
South Africa
Researching: Nefdt ; Santos-Gomes; O'Reilly & Benade
> > > >>with anyone that might access the Internet:
> > > >>
> > > >>If anyone receives e-mail entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" please
delete
> > > >>it WITHOUT READING IT!! This is a warning for all Internet users -
> > > >>there is a dangerous virus propagating across the Internet through
> > > >>an e-mail message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!"
> > > >>
> > > >>DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MESSAGE ENTITLED "PENPAL GREETINGS"!!
> > > >>This message appears to be a friendly letter asking you if you are
> > > >>interested in a penpal, but by the time you read the letter, it is
> > > >>too late.
> > > >>The "trojan horse" virus will have already infected the boot sector
> > > >>of your hard drive, destroying all of the data present.
> > > >>It is a self-replicating virus, and once the message is read, it
> > > >>will AUTOMATICALLY forward itself to anyone whose e-mail address
> > > >>is present in YOUR mailbox!
> > > >>
> > > >>This virus will DESTROY your hard drive, and holds the potential to
> > > >>DESTROY the hard drive of anyone whose mail is in your IN BOX, and
> > > >>whose mail is in their in box and so on. If this virus keeps
> > > >>getting passed, it has the potential to do a great deal of damage
> > > >>to computer networks worldwide!!!!
> > > >>
> > > >>Please, delete the message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" AS SOON AS
> > > >>YOU SEE IT! Pass this message along to all of your friends and
> > > >>other readers of the newsgroups and mailing lists which you are
> > > >> on so that they are not hurt by this dangerous virus!!!!
> > > >>Please pass this along to everyone you know so this can be stopped.
> > > >>
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color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Arial"><b>Please stop</b><font size=3D2> =
perpetrating this HOAX, the person who started this is sitting back and =
laughing while the cyber community goes nutty emailing this message back =
and forth all over the world. I personally have received this =
"warning" 12 times.<br><br>May I suggest that in future upon =
receiving any new "virus warning" go to the following site and =
check its authenticity, http://www.ncsa.com/virus/ and if =
you find it to be listed as one of the latest hoaxes, then delete it and =
DO NOT remail anybody else with a well intentioned, but false warning. =
<br><br>Thank you for reading this and please bookmark the site given =
for future use.<br><br>Wayne Nefdt<br>George <br>South =
Africa<br>Researching: Nefdt ; Santos-Gomes; O'Reilly & Benade<font =
size=3D3><b><br></b><font size=3D2><br><br><br>> > > =
>>with anyone that might access the Internet:<br>> > > =
>><br>> > > >>If anyone receives e-mail entitled =
"PENPAL GREETINGS!" please delete<br>> > > >>it =
WITHOUT READING IT!! This is a warning for all Internet users =
-<br>> > > >>there is a dangerous virus propagating =
across the Internet through<br>> > > >>an e-mail =
message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!"<br>> > > =
>><br>> > > >>DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MESSAGE ENTITLED =
"PENPAL GREETINGS"!!<br>> > > >>This =
message appears to be a friendly letter asking you if you =
are<br>> > > >>interested in a penpal, but by the time =
you read the letter, it is<br>> > > >>too =
late.<br>> > > >>The "trojan horse" virus will =
have already infected the boot sector<br>> > > >>of =
your hard drive, destroying all of the data present.<br>> > =
> >>It is a self-replicating virus, and once the message is =
read, it<br>> > > >>will AUTOMATICALLY forward =
itself to anyone whose e-mail address<br>> > > >>is =
present in YOUR mailbox!<br>> > > >><br>> > > =
>>This virus will DESTROY your hard drive, and holds the potential =
to<br>> > > >>DESTROY the hard drive of anyone whose mail =
is in your IN BOX, and<br>> > > >>whose mail is in their =
in box and so on. If this virus keeps<br>> > > =
>>getting passed, it has the potential to do a great deal =
of damage<br>> > > >>to computer networks =
worldwide!!!!<br>> > > >><br>> > > =
>>Please, delete the message entitled "PENPAL =
GREETINGS!" AS SOON AS<br>> > > >>YOU SEE IT! =
Pass this message along to all of your friends and<br>> > =
> >>other readers of the newsgroups and mailing lists which you =
are<br>> > > >> on so that they are not hurt by this =
dangerous virus!!!!<br>> > > >>Please pass this along to =
everyone you know so this can be stopped.<br>> > > >></p>
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