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Virus Warning

by Bruce Podobnik

24 October 1999 06:28 UTC


Important Virus Warning Announced by IBM

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 individual has succeeded in
using the reformat function from Norton Utilities causing it to
completely erase all documents on your 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. Please pass this
warning along to EVERYONE in your address book ASAP
so that this threat may be stopped.

Christine Laham
Microsoft Canada Co.
Ottawa Regional Sales Office
Tel: (613) 232-6291



> From: Crys6572@aol.com
> To: jc_beaver@hotmail.com, chrisching@hotmail.com, babyang@netscape.net,
>         XMEN4U2@aol.com, dj_wave@hotmail.com, bigpigs@hotmail.com,
>         iamedx@hotmail.com, darrel2072@earthlink.net,
proxima@earthlink.net,
>         BARBERJOEH@aol.com, mkovacich@in-tch.com, GATO918@aol.com,
>         vicshan@ix.netcom.com, TRN1over@aol.com, dbkoek@yahoo.com,
>         zeeznobyte@excite.com, VANCUREN91@aol.com, pixielady_72@yahoo.com
> Subject: virus warning
> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 20:04:03 EDT
> Message-ID: <0.757bcaab.2543a6f3@aol.com>
> 
>                    HERE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE.
> >                                         WARNING!!!
> >                     PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU HAVE AN
> >                                     E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR.
> >                               IT IS REAL AND NOT A JOKE:
> >
> >           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 from
> >           Norton Utilities causing it 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 may be
> >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.
> >             Christine Laham
> >           Microsoft Canada Co.
> >         Ottawa Regional Sales Office
> >               Tel: (613) 232-6291
> >
> >





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