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Fw: VIRUS ALERT

I apologize for the non-gardening subject but thought this might be
important to you all, if it is in fact genuine.

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>From: "Stephanie Prescott" <scp@aug.com>
>To: "Rich" <bronco33@ici.net>, "Cat" <tomcat@aug.com>, "Chris" <caa@rmci.net>,
>        "cory" <idahopyro@rmci.net>, "Psycho" <caputo@singnet.com.sg>,
>        "Stardust" <stardust@rmci.net>, "Sunflwr" <squirely@rmci.net>,
>        "jim" <jimf@sisna.com>, "dave" <djewell@aug.com>,
>        "alan" <aalso@aug.com>
>Subject: Fw: VIRUS ALERT
>Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 19:47:35 -0500
>X-MSMail-Priority: High
>
>
>
>----------
>> From: Cathlene <tomcat@aug.com>
>> To: mclark@atlantic.net
>> Subject: FW: VIRUS ALERT
>> Date: Tuesday, March 11, 1997 5:15 PM
>>
>> ----------
>> From:        _LAN ADMIN 2 SSgt Stone
>> Sent:        Tuesday, March 11, 1997 12:44PM
>> To:  PSAB General Distribution List
>> Subject:     VIRUS ALERT
>>
>> ----------
>> ---------
>> Subject: FYI - Virus
>> Date: Thu, Mar 6, 1997 12:05PM
>>
>> Please be alert!
>>
>>     This information was received this morning from IBM, please
>> share  it with anyone that might access the Internet:
>>
>>      If anyone receives 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 this 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 who's 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 who's
>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!  And pass this message along to all of your friends,
>> relatives and the 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.
>
The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof - Psalm 24:1

Cheralyn
Zone 6 in Boise Idaho
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