---------- > From: Kmoehr@aol.com > To: Tbjernigan@aol.com; sbsrocca@bux.com > Subject: virus info > Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 10:43 PM > > >>Subject: PLEASE READ - New Computer Virus Information > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>>>If you receive an e-mail titled JOIN THE CREW or PENPALS > >>>> > >>>> DO NOT open it!!!!! > >>>> > >>>> It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive! Send this > >letter out to > >>>> as > >>>> many people as you can....this is a new virus and not many > >people know > >>>> about it!! This information was received this > >>>> morning by IBM, please share it with anyone that might > >access the > >>>> Internet!!! > >>>> > >>>> PENPAL 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 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 box!!! > >>>> > >>>> This virus will destroy your hard drive and holds the > >potential to > >>>> DESTROY the hard drive of anyone whose mail is in your > >>>> box and whose mail is in their box and so on and on!!!!! > >>>> > >>>> So delete any message titled PENPAL or JOIN THE CREW...this > >virus > >>>> can do major DAMAGE to worldwide networks!!!! > >>>> > >>>> > PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND PEOPLE IN > >YOUR > >>>> MAILBOXES. > >>>> > >>>> AOL HAS SAID THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS VIRUS AND THERE IS NO > >REMEDY > >>>> FOR THIS...FORWARD IT TO ALL YOUR ON-LINE FRIENDS > >>>> A.S.A.P.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>