Folks, There are several virus hoaxes making the rounds in the lists again. People feel they have to post it to every newsgroup and email list they can access. Please, if you get one of these warnings do not perpetuate the problem by posting it further, especially do not post it here in this list. They are nothing but scares and chain letters. They serve no other purpose. Before you post any public message that was passed on from a friend, check it out first. Most any subject can be found on the Internet by use of the common search engines. Some of the latest hoaxes are called "Penpal greetings" and "Join the Crew". The message might read something like this: ================================================================= Hey, just to let you guys know one of my friends recieved an email called "Join the Crew," and it erased her entire hard drive. This is that new virus that is going around. Just be careful of what mail you read. Just trying to be helpful... ================================================================= There is also a variant with essentially the same message but which talks about an email called "Join the Club". Ignore these messages and do not pass them on. Especially do not post them here. There are plenty of online sites about virus hoaxes and urban legends, some of which are: http://www.europe.datafellows.com/news/hoax.htm http://ciac.llnl.gov/ http://www.kumite.com/myths/ http://www.linguistic-funland.com/ci-s96-4.html http://www.cyberhighway.net/~taxi/ilguide.htm http://mlink2.lib.umich.edu/hypermail/michlib-l/0964.html http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~fujie/security.html http://k12.cnidr.org/pa-lists/pa-questions/9412/msg00037.html http://www.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Mythology_and_Folklore/Urba n_Legends/ Check them out before you panic. Thanks, David --- ... Genealogy: It's not a hobby, it's an obsession. [email protected] - http://www.agate.net/~davids/geneal.html _______ .------|_______ David Sylvester ------+ _______ PO Box 135 `------|_______ Searsport, Maine 04974 Member: New England Historic Genealogical Society Member: The International Internet Genealogy Society