To all, FYI. Gillian.
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- To: PETBUNNY@LSV.UKY.EDU
- Subject: Fw: Virus
- From: Jamie Cobb and Kristie Wilhelmi <jcobb@albemarlenet.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 20:29:07 -0500
- Approved-by: Jamie Cobb and Kristie Wilhelmi <jcobb@ALBEMARLENET.COM>
- Comments: To: "Steve @ bunnybytes" <gobinky@bunnybytes.com>,housebun <housebun@listserver.com>
- Reply-to: Jamie Cobb and Kristie Wilhelmi <jcobb@albemarlenet.com>
- Sender: Forum for folks with companion rabbits <PETBUNNY@LSV.UKY.EDU>
From: Don
To: Jamie Cobb and Kristie Wilhelmi
Date: Sunday, January 10, 1999 2:12 PM
Subject: VirusGood morning. This is a copy of mail I received at work on Friday.
~If you receive an E-mail titled JOIN THE CREW/ for PENPALS, DO > NOT OPEN IT!. It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive. Send > this letter out to as many people as you can. This is a new > virus and not many people know about it. This information was > received this morning by IBM, please share it with anyone that > might access the internet. > PENPAL appears to be a friendly letter asking if you are > interested in a penpal, but by the time you read the letter it > is TOO LATEII The Trojan Horse virus will already > have infected the boot sector of your Hard Drive, destroying all > the data present. It is a self replicating virus, once the > message is read it will AUTOMATICALLY forward itself to anyone > whose E-mail address is present in your box. This virus will > destroy your hard drive and holds the potential > to destroy the hard drive of anyone whose mail is in your box and > whose mail is in their box and so on and so on. So delete any > message titled PENPAL or JOIN THE CREW. This virus can do major > damage to world-wide networks. PLEASE PASS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS > AND PEOPLE IN YOUR MAILBOXES. > AOL HAS SAID THAT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS VIRUS AND THAT > THERE IS NO REMEDY. If you are an administrator please make your users aware of this ASAP.
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