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Virus hoax

Sean, Tim, Ingrid and all:

I fell for a fake virus warning message some time ago called PENPAL
GREETINGS, which read almost the same.  There is a Web page covering this
kind of hoax, which becomes doubly distressing for the person who sends it
after he realizes he has been taken.  This is the URL:

http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html

And here is the first paragraph:

Internet Hoaxes

Hoaxes described on this page: PKZ300, Irina, Good Times, Good Times Spoof,
Deeyenda, Ghost PENPAL GREETINGS!, Make Money Fast, NaughtyRobot, AOL4FREE,
Join the Crew, Death Ray, AOL V4.0 Cookie, A.I.D.S. Hoax

Check it out - it's not possible to catch a virus by opening an e-mail.
Most come from system files (.COM, .DLL, EXE) and from macro viruses
embedded in MS Word documents.

Rich Dufresne
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