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Re: virus

At 05:53 PM 2/9/98 GMT, you wrote:
>I'm passing this message on, as requested. It arrived here - 9.2.98 -
>from Hereford via California!
>
>
>VIRUS WARNING
>
>Received this warning from France this afternoon:
>If you receive email titled JOIN THE CREW do not open it. It will
>erase
>everything on your hard drive. Forward this letter toas many people as
>you
>can. This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know
>about it.

We received this e-mail warning in our office the other day, and
then later the same day a 'retraction' of the warning stating
that this was bogus information.

I have not yet seen any e-mail fitting this description, but then
I'm not sure what I might do it I did?  (perhaps this was someone's
way of getting back at some spammed message?).
 
 Sean A. O'Hara                     sean.ohara@ucop.edu
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