Klarinet Archive - Posting 000356.txt from 1996/11

From: Cheryl McClure <mcclurec@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Virus Warning <fwd>
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 09:08:31 -0500

The following virus warning has been circulated at Vanderbilt, and I'm
forwarding it to the Klarinet list FYI.

Cheryl McClure
mcclurec@-----.edu

>
>FYI
>------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
>Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 17:19:45 -0600
>From: Donald Spicer <donald.spicer@-----.edu>
>Subject: Re: Virus Warning <fwd>
>To: ACIS Staff <acisstaff@-----.Edu>,
> CTF <dist-comp-forum@-----.Edu>
>Priority: NORMAL
>
>
>On Tue, 29 Oct 1996 14:49:39 -0500 (EST) David Gleason
><David_Gleason.BCI@-----.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Just to keep you informed if you haven't seen this......
>>
>>
>> David
>>
>> cc:
>> From: David Robertson
>> Date: 10/29/96 11:18:19 AM
>> Subject: Re: Virus Warning
>>
>> The following info has been circulated through several departments and
>>was sent
>> to us by Joyce Stober in Louisville.
>>
>> Please read the following virus warning. This could affect those of you
>> downloading shareware and software from the web (on your home computers, of
>> course) or obtaining copies from any individual where the source is unknown.
>> This sounds serious, so share with your friends and neighbors.
>>
>> ============
>>
>> "DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY FILE NAMED PKZIP300 REGARDLESS OF
>> EXTENSTION.
>>
>> A New Trojan Horse Virus has emerged on the Internet with the name
>> PKZIP300.ZIP, so named as to give the impression that this file is a
>> new version of the PKZIP software used to "zip" compressed files. DO
>> NOT DOWNLOAD THIS FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!! If you install or
>> expand the file, the virus WILL wipe your hard disk clean and affect
>> modems at 14.4 and higher. This is an extremely destructive virus
>> and there is NOT yet a way of cleaning this one up.
>>
>> PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU KNOW"
>>
>> Technet Source:
>>
>> John J. Palmieri
>> Sr. Network Specialist
>> PointCast, Inc
>> email - palmieri@-----.com
>>
>>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>Donald Spicer
>Assoc. Provost for Information Technology