[Ansteorra-archery] VIRUS ALERTS/WORST EVER ACCORDING TO CNN

Mike Harkness mharkness at balista.com
Wed May 2 10:13:13 PDT 2001


This is NO JOKE.
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> Subject: Fw: VIRUS ALERTS/WORST EVER ACCORDING TO CNN
>
> > A new virus has just been discovered that has been classified by
> Microsoft
> > (http://www.microsoft.com/) and by McAfee (http://www.mcafee.com/) as
> the
> most destructive
> > ever! This virus was discovered yesterday afternoon by McAfee and no
> vaccine
> > has yet  been developed. This virus simply destroys Sector Zero from
> the
> > hard disk,  where vital information for its functioning are stored.
> This
> > virus acts in the  following manner:
> > It sends itself automatically to all contacts on your list with the
> title
> > "A Virtual Card for You." As soon as the supposed virtual card is
> opened,
> > the computer freezes so that the user has to reboot. When the
> ctrl+alt+del
> > keys or the reset button are pressed, the virus destroys Sector Zero,
> thus
> > permanently destroying the hard disk.  Yesterday in just a few hours
> this
> > virus caused panic in New York, according to news broadcast by CNN
> > ww.cnn.com/http://www.cnn.com). This alert was received by an employee
> of
> > Microsoft itself. So don't open any mails with subject:
> > "A Virtual Card for You." As soon as you get the mail, delete it.
> Please
> > pass this mail to all of your friends. Forward this to everyone in your
>
> > address book. I would rather receive this 25 times than not at all.
> Also:
> > Intel announced that a new and very destructive virus was discovered
> > recently. If you receive an email called "An Internet Flower For You,"
> do
> > not open it. Delete it right away! This virus removes all dynamic link
> > libraries (.dll files) from your computer. Your computer will not be
> able
> to
> > boot up!!
> >
> > SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST!!
> >
> > ANOTHER  WARNING
> >
> > PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR.  If you receive
> an
> > email titled: "It Takes Guts to Say Jesus" DO NOT OPEN IT.
> > It will erase everything on your hard drive.  This information was
> announced
> > yesterday morning from IBM;
> > AOL states that this is a very dangerous virus, much worse than
> "Melissa,"
> > and that there is NO Remedy for it at this time. Some very sick
> individual
> > has succeeded in using the reformat function rom to completely erase
> all
> > documents on the hard drive. It has been designed to work with Netscape
>
> > Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and
> IBM
> > compatible computers.
> > This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it.
> Pass
> > this warning along to EVERYONE in your  address book and please share
> it
> > with all your online friends ASAP so that this threat maybe stopped.
> Please
> > practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that may have access to
> your
> > computer. Forward this warning to everyone that might access the
> Internet.
> > IBM Information Systems
> > Pittsburgh Mailing Systems
> >
>
> ------- End of forwarded message -------

Mike Harkness

Another World Internet Services
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Killeen, Tx. 76542
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