From: "Pekka" Newsgroups: alt.comp.perlcgi.freelance,alt.freewebhosting,alt.html.critique,comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: 4 VIRUS ALERTS! Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 09:30:54 +0200 Organization: Astravin.com Lines: 51 Message-ID: <7vgr8g$iel$1@tron.sci.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: cccxcii.kdyn.saunalahti.fi X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com FOUR NEW VIRUSES 4 VIRUS WARNINGS - NOT A JOKE! WARNING No. 1 If you receive any CELCOM Screen Saver Pls. do not install them. This screensaver is very cool. It shows a NOKIA handphone, with time messages. After it is activated, the PC cannot boot up at It goes very slow. It destroys your hard disk. The filename is CELLSAVER.EXE WARNING No. 2 Beware. If someone named "SandMan" asks you to check out his page. DO NOT- This page hacks into your C: drive. DO NOT GO THERE! Warning No. 3 WARNING: If you get an E-mail titled Win A Holiday, DO NOT open it. Delete it immediately. Microsoft just announced yesterday. It is a malicious virus that WILL ERASE YOUR HARD DRIVE . At this time there is no remedy . Forward this to everyone IMMEDIATELY. Warning No. 4 W A R N I N G. If you receive an e-mail titled JOIN THE CREW or PENPALS, DO NOT open it. It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive. PENPAL 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 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 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 on- So delete any message titled PENPAL or JOIN THE CREW this virus can do major DAMAGE to worldwide networks. PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND PEOPLE IN YOUR MAILBOXES. AOL HAS SAID THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS VIRUS AND THERE IS NO REMEDY FOR THIS YET. FORWARD IT TO ALL YOUR ON-LINE FRIENDS. p.s. I just thought that you people, should know this! Sorry for any inconvience!. But this might be important!