GE - virus warning--hoax

[MiB]

Just goes to show you, net admins can be just as clueless as anyone else.
You could make yourself look brainy now by informing everyone the admin send
that it is a hoax.

----- Original Message -----
From: Storfer, James <Storfer at pbkarchitects.com>
To: <gatesedge at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 8:07 AM
Subject: FW: GE - virus warning--hoax


> Got this from our network admin. where I work.. I would have thought he
> would have verified... Apologies...
>
> James
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MiB
> To: gatesedge at ansteorra.org
> Sent: 2/14/01 5:26 PM
> Subject: Re: GE - virus warning--hoax
>
> jeez, people, doesn't anyone try to verify these damn hoaxes before
> sending
> them out???
>
> http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes//internetflower.html
>
> http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=98893&
>
> http://www.truthorfiction.com/virus.htm
>
> Melanie
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Storfer, James <Storfer at pbkarchitects.com>
> To: <gatesedge at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 4:44 PM
> Subject: GE - virus warning
>
>
> > Subject: VIRUS ALERT!
> >
> >        Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 7:23 PM
> >        > Subject: Fw: VIRUS ALERT
> >        >
> >        > With Valentine's Day approaching, watch out for some
> >        > of those unscrupulous tag lines that lure us in...
> >        >
> >        > Virus Alert
> >        > A new virus has just been discovered that has been classified
> by
> >        > Microsoft ( www.microsoft.com <http://www.microsoft.com>  )
> and
> by
> >        > McAfee ( www.mcafee.com <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 (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 on this mail to all 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!!
> > careful everyone what you read..
> > Godspeed
> > James
> >
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