Klarinet Archive - Posting 000541.txt from 1996/12

From: Yossi Itzkovich <Yossi.Itzkovich@-----.COM>
Subj: ANOTHER VIRUS - PLS READ IMMEDIATELY (fwd)
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 19:01:49 -0500

KLATINETists :

be Carefull !

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Subject: ANOTHER VIRUS - PLS READ IMMEDIATELY

If anyone receives mail entitled: PENPAL GREETINGS!
please delete it WITHOUT reading it. Below is a
little explanation of the message, and what it would
do to your PC if you were to read the message.

This is a warning for all internet users - there is a
dangerous virus propogating 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 inbox, and who's mail is in their inbox, and so
on. If this virus remains unchecked, 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 and 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!!!!