From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Thu Mar 15 2001 - 14:48:46 EST
whew..
good..
i'll take it off then..
sorry for falling for it when i should have taken the time, later tonight,
to investigate..
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Bell" <RobDBell_at_netscape.net>
To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: Subject: URGENT VIRUS WARNING
> Sorry but this is a hoax.
>
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/virtual.card.hoax.html
> http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/virtualcard.html
>
> Please research things like this before sounding the alarm.
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Bill Morrow" <penzance_at_gate.net> wrote:
> >
> > Subject: URGENT VIRUS WARNING
> > A new virus has just been discovered that has been
> > classified by Microsoft
> > (http://www.microsoft.com) and by McAfee www.mcafee.com
> > (http://www.mcafee.com ) as the most destructive ever! This
> > virus was
> > discovered yesterday afternoon by McAfee and no vaccine has
> > yet been
> > developed. This virus simply destroys Sector zero from the
> > hard disk,
> > where vital information for its functioning are stored. This
> > virus acts in
> > the following manner: It sends itself automatically to all
> > contacts on
> > your list with the title "A Virtual Card for You". As
> > soon as the
> > supposed virtual card is opened, the computer freezes so
> > that the user
> > has to reboot. When the ctrl+alt+del keys or the reset
> > button are pressed,
> > the virus destroys Sector Zero, thus permanently destroying
> > the hard
> > disk.
> > Yesterday in just a few hours this virus caused panic in New
> > York, So
> > don't open any mails with subject "A Virtual Card for
> > You". As soon as you get
> > the mail, delete it.Please pass on this mail to all your
> > friends.
> > Forward this to everyone in your address book. I would
> > rather receive
> > this 25 times than not at all.
> > Also: Intel announced that a new and very destructive virus
> > was discovered
> > recently. If you receive an email called "An Internet Flower
> > For You",
> > do not open it. Delete it right away! This virus removes
> > all dynamic
> > link libraries (.dll files) from your computer.
> >
> >
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