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| From: David J. Rising <drising@snet.net>
| To: Mike Baltich <mbaltich@juno.com>; Carrie Besemer <clb10@cornell.edu>;
Florence Blodgett <fib1@cornell.edu>; Walter Blodgett, Jr
<wlb6@cornell.edu>; Heidi Conover <hsc2@cornell.edu>; Ted Fletchall
<75024.643@compuserv.com>; Veronica Hunt <Vhunt100@aol.com>; Rich and Amy
Leviere <leviere@aol.com>; John&Linda Little <millun@msn.com>; Gerald
Lovejoy <lovejoy_gr@a1.nsvax.corning.com>; Leora Lovejoy
<lml8@cornell.edu>; Lisa Mix <lhg1@cornell.edu>; Michael Moran
<mem23@cornell.edu>; Mark Popp <mpopp@juno.com>; David Rising
<drising@snet.net>; Aaron Smith <aaronsmith1@juno.com>; Ben Smith
<SMITBJ45@snyoneva.cc.oneonta.edu>; BethSmith <beth_smith@juno.com>; Colin
Smith <cjs8@cornell.edu>; Dan Smith <dms2@cornell.edu>; Charles Testut
<Chasman1@clarityconnect.com>; Duane Testut <duanet@lightlink.com>; Dave
and Doris Totman <dtotman@juno.com>; Dave Totman <tots@juno.com>; Florence
Whitford <fnw1@cornell.edu>; Fred and Rachel Whitman <whitmanf@ats.it>;
Jonathon Whitman <jwhitman@cornerstone.edu>; Dr. & Mrs. Gary T. Meadors
<gmeadors@cornerstone.edu>; John_W_Young@notes.pw.com; John Stilwell
<jstilwel@ix.netcom.com>; Ruth A. Rising <rarising@juno.com>; Peter J.
Rising <pjrising@juno.com>; Pastor & Mrs. James Beliasov
<JBeliasov@aol.com>; Roger & Jane Hayden <RogeHayden@aol.com>; Mr. & Mrs.
Russell K. Shelley <shelley@juniata.edu>; Sheridan Goodwin
<sgoodwin@snet.net>; Tom Brubaker <tbrubake@ix.netcom.com>; Mr. & Mrs.
Wayne Iddings <WayneCL@aol.com>; b-greek@virginia.edu;
b-hebrew@virginia.edu
| Cc: drising@snet.net; drising@juno.com
| Subject: VIRUS ALERT
| Date: Saturday, December 14, 1996 1:02 PM
|
| Subject: Virus Alert
| Importance: High
|
| 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. If you have any questions
or
| concerns please contact SAF-IA Info Office on 697-5059.
|
| This is a warning for all internet users - there is a dangerous virus
| propagating 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!!!!
|