Mail Archives: cygwin/1998/03/12/05:38:05
Virus warnings such as these are thoroughly bogus.
There have been many similar warnings; they spread around
the Internet and create false fear. You might even say
that warnings such as these are themselves a virus,
preying on the uninformed and wasting Internet bandwidth.
Please check out this web page before forwarding such a
message:
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html
--John
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> From: Earnie Boyd[SMTP:earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 1998 7:33 AM
> To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
> Subject: Fwd: Fw: Message re VIRUS received, quoted and forwarded
> as directed
>
> <VIRUS WARNING>
If you receive an e-mail titled "WIN A HOLIDAY" DO NOT open
it, it will erase everything on your hard drive. Forward
this letter out to as many people as you can. This is a
new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it.
This information was announced yesterday morning from
Microsoft, please share it with everyone that might access
the Internet. Once again, pass this along to EVERYONE in
your address book so that this may be stopped. Also, do not
open or even look at any mail that says "RETURNED OR UNABLE
TO DELIVER" this virus will attach itself to your computer
components and render them useless. Immediately delete any
mail items that say this. AOL has said that this is a very
dangerous virus and that there is NO remedy for it at this
time. please practice cautionary measures and forward this
to all your on-line friends.
> <Kimberly J. Griggs>
> Accounting Manager
> Gateway Systems Corporation
> 4660 S. Hagadorn, Suite 110
> East Lansing, MI 48823-5353
> (517) 337-8960
>
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