Re: OT: new computer virus warning
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: OT: new computer virus warning
- From: B* S* <b*@tiger.hsc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 10:27:53 -0600 (MDT)
It is not, repeat NOT possible to infect your computer with a virus by
simply reading an e-mail message. In order to do that you must download a
program, which almost never happens in the course of regular e-mail and
which you must even then consciously undertake.
The "Pen Pal" virus is a well-known hoax. This message has been making the
rounds for at least two years with very few changes. It is a prank, and a
cruel one, designed to create anxiety in computer users. Thus the message
itself is the "virus."
By forwarding phony virus warnings to lists we play into the hands of the
@#$%&#$@ who started the hoax.
Remember--you cannot get a virus by reading an e-mail message!
There is a website where these things can be checked out and if I can find
the URl later, I will post it to the list.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<bills@tiger.hsc.edu>
