From: John DOT Cook AT kla-tencor DOT com (Cook, John) Subject: RE: VIRUS received 12 Mar 1998 05:38:05 -0800 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com 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 > ---------- > 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 > > 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. > > Accounting Manager > Gateway Systems Corporation > 4660 S. Hagadorn, Suite 110 > East Lansing, MI 48823-5353 > (517) 337-8960 > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".