I sent mail early about this and now 30 later I get this so I'M SORRY for passing along infor. I was trying to help out so may of us work hard on our projects and we don't need any more problems than we have. SORRY Patti Dave Birley wrote: > Doing what I can to kill this nonsense before it gets out of hand, here is > the content of just one web page I raised when I put "JOIN THE CREW" in as > search string on AltaVista: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > [Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] > Re: JOIN THE CREW hoax > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > To: <kenton-l@comp.book.uci.edu>, kenton-l@comp.book.uci.edu > Subject: Re: JOIN THE CREW hoax > From: "Dan Marmion" <Marmion@wllnov.wmlib.wmich.edu> > Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 10:50:58 +0500 > Cc: dan.marmion@wmich.edu > Reply-To: kenton-l@comp.book.uci.edu > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > > Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 09:13:43 -0500 > > From: "Edward Bride" <edbride@bcn.net> > > Subject: Re: JOIN THE CREW hoax > > > Dowloading an attached executable file, and then opening it, is one thing; > > merely reading an Email message is quite another. But the warning against > > opening an executable (.exe) file from a stranger is sound. > > > > Meanwhile, the JOIN THE CREW hoax was debunked before it ever became > > widespread. Witness the following list of virus hoaxes from the Offut > > website, updated January 20: > > [list of hoaxes snipped] > > > > > Ed Bride > > Lenox, Massachusetts > > That is absolutely correct. Let me provide just a bit more > explanation. A plain e-mail message consists of text, and it is > absolutely impossible for plain old text to contain a virus. So the > mere act of reading an e-mail message cannot transmit a virus. What > can happen, as Ed mentioned, is that a message could have an attached > file (some e-mail systems are capable of attaching files, others are > not). An attached file could be binary and could contain a virus. > Even so, if all you do is read the e-mail message, that will not > activate the virus. Only if the attached file is an executable file > (.exe extension) and you activate it yourself will the virus infect > your computer. So Ed's caution against opening .exe files from > strangers is a wise one. But don't be afraid to simply read a > message. > > Dan > > ======================================================== > Dan Marmion, Assistant Dean Western Michigan Univ. > Library Technology & Systems Dwight B. Waldo Library > VOX: (616) 387-5239 Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5080 > FAX: (616) 387-5077 marmion@wllnov.wmlib.wmich.edu > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > Prev by Date: Re: JOIN THE CREW hoax > Next by Date: Re: JOIN THE CREW-watch out! > Prev by thread: Re: JOIN THE CREW hoax > Next by thread: Re: Re: JOIN THE CREW hoax > Index(es): > Date > Thread > > PLEASE DO ALL YOU CAN TO PREVENT PERPETRATION OF THIS AND SIMILAR HOAXES. > > ..Dave.. > David Birley > (704)523-4324 > Web page: www.perigee.net/~dbirley <http://www.perigee.net/~dbirley> > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-genealogy@ldscn.com [mailto:owner-genealogy@ldscn.com]On > > Behalf Of dlang4d@juno.com > > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 1999 12:32 AM > > To: genealogy@ldscn.com; kenbof@juno.com; markcarolyn@juno.com; > > mikegabi@worldnet.att.net; durst2@juno.com; lucky0@juno.com; > > curly801@aol.com; djnite@juno.com; tlang4d@juno.com; dcscott@gte.net; > > calsto1@juno.com; beekeeper8@juno.com; wfvb75a@prodigy.com > > Subject: [GENEALOGY] WARNING Message from IBM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 17:41:02 PST > > > > WARNING Message from IBM > > > > If you receive an e-mail titiled..JOIN THE CREW/for 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.! > > > > >Wyoming State Governor's Office > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html > > or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ----------- > > GENEALOGY list for Latter-day Saint Genealogists > > Please be good to each other. No copyrighted material, please. 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