----- Original Message ----- From: Debby Epperly <debepperly@yahoo.com> To: Geri Ellis-Gourley <n5blj@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 4:24 PM Subject: Fwd: Virus alert > > > --- Ken Gerdes <Ken@Guardianmfg.com> wrote: > > From: Ken Gerdes <Ken@Guardianmfg.com> > > Subject: Virus alert > > Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 13:11:58 -0400 > > To: GEN-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Just got this posting ............ > > > > Ken Gerdes > > ken@guardianmfg.com > > Melbourne, FL > > > > ======================== > > > > If you receive an email with a file called > > California, do not open the > > file. > > > > The file contains WOBBLER virus. > > > > WARNING > > 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. > > > > > > ==== GEN-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > > Your donations to RootsWeb makes GEN-NEWBIE > > possible. > > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier > > Park, CA 93222 > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > > > === > > Debby > Pittsburg, Kansas, USA > Leolady@cpol.net > DebEpperly@yahoo.com > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/1562/ > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >