Dear Pumpkin Group,
I received this message this morning and thought that I should submit it to the mailing list. I do not know of the validity of this message, but thought it would be a good caution to undertake.
M. Burke
-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Hook <w*@key-net.net>
To:
Recipient list suppressed <Recipient list suppressed>
Date: Tuesday,
August 26, 1997 9:19 AM
Subject: FYI
>Just for your
info. Please read message below ...
>
>WARNING!!!!!! If you
receive an e-mail titled "JOIN THE CREW" DO NOT
open
it!
> It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive! Send this
letter out to as
> many people you can.......this is a new virus and
not many people know
>about it!
>
> This information was
received this morning from IBM, please share it
> with anyone that
might access the Internet.
>
> Also,
> 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.
> PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS!!!
WARNING !!!
> There is a new virus going around in the last couple
of days!!!
> DO NOT open or even look at any mail that you get that
says:
>"Returned or Unable to Deliver" This virus will
attach itself to your
>computer components and render them useless.
Immediately delete any mail
>items that says this. AOL has said this
is a very dangerous virus, and
>there is NO remedy for it at this
time, Please Be Careful, And forward to
>all your on-line friends
A.S.A.P.
>
> Forward this A.S.A.P. to every single person you
know!!!!!!!!!
>
>Rich
>Webmaster
>Keystone Internet
Access
>