FW: E-Mail ALERT! Open First, Please




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> From: 	Boeing Exchange E-mail Service
> Sent: 	Friday, March 26, 1999 4:52 PM
> Subject: 	E-Mail ALERT! Open First, Please
> Importance: 	High
> 
> A virus entered the Boeing e-mail systems today.  It looks like this:
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> Subject Line:	Important message from UserName (possibly your own)
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> Body of message:
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> Here is the document you asked for...don't show anyone else ;-)
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> (Word document here called "List.doc" or "List11.doc" or something similar)
> 
> 
> DELETE THE MESSAGE.  If you have already opened the e-mail, DO NOT OPEN THE WORD ATTACHMENT.  The Word attachment contains the virus. Opening it triggers the virus, which automatically sends a message to the people in your Personal Address Book. 
> 
> DO NOT e-mail friends and coworkers about this subject, as there is a lot of e-mail traffic on the subject already.
> 
> We expect updated virus software that detects and prevents a recurrence of this problem to be available on Monday.  However, YOU ARE THE BEST DETECTION AND PREVENTION AT THIS MOMENT.  The virus software will be provided to you through the normal software distribution processes used by your organization.
> 
> For current virus information see:  http://virus.ca.boeing.com/status.html  The information about this particular virus is technical; it may be most useful to your computing focals.
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