I have recieved these warnings from various sources.....please be careful out there!! Susan Mkymse2 >WARNING!!!!!! WARNING!!!!!! WARNING!!!!!! WARNING!!!!!! WARNING!!!!!! >WARNING!!!!!! > >WARNING!!!!!! If you receive an e-mail titled > >"JOIN THE CREW" > >DO NOT open it! It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive! Send this >letter out >to as many people you can, this is a new virus and not many people know >about it! > >This information was received this morning from IBM, please share it >with anyone that might access the Internet. Also, If anyone receives mail >entitled; > >PENPAL GREETINGS! > >please delete it WITHOUT reading it!! > >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 >pen pal, 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 all >e-mail addresses that are 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 in box, and their mail is in their in box and >so on. If this virus keeps getting passed, 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, 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!!!! Please pass this along to everyone you know >so this can be stopped. PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS!!! WARNING !!!There is a >new virus going around in the last couple of days!!! DO NOT open or even >look at any mail that you get that says: "Returned or Unable to Deliver" >This virus will attach itself to your computer components and render them >useless. Immediately delete any mail items that says this. AOL has said this >is a very dangerous virus, and there is NO remedy for it at this time, >Please Be Careful, And forward to all your on-line friends A.S.A.P. > >Forward this A.S.A.P. to every single person you know!!!!!!!!!