Subject: Re: HOAX (Fw: [VIRUS ALERT] (fwd))

From: "Robert de Bath" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 09:38:04 +0000 (GMT)

Scheesh! PENPAL GREETINGS is a _very_ old hoax.
I hope you weren't taken in by this silly old thing.

THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET A VIRUS IS BY RUNNING INFECTED CODE!

But do remember, when you open a MS-Word-6 document you automatically 
run any "autoexec" macro in the document so don't open an _attached_
MS document unless your sure about it.

-- 
Rob.                           (Robert de Bath <http://www.cix.co.uk/~mayday)
                                                 <http://poboxes.com/rdebath

... Rot13'ed to confound the hard of thinking ...

> Cyrnfr ernq guvf ivehf nyreg:
> _______________________________________________________ 
> 
> << JNEAVAT!!!!!!! - 3 Ivehf Orybj - Guvf vasbezngvba jnf erprvirq sebz
> VOZ, cyrnfr funer vg jvgu nalbar gung zvtug npprff gur vagrearg. 
> 1. ***********************
>    Vs lbh erprvir na r-znvy gvgyrq "WBVA GUR  PERJ" QB ABG  bcra vg.
> Vg jvyy renfr RIRELGUVAT ba lbhe uneq qevir. Fraq guvf yrggre bhg gb
> nf znal crbcyr lbh pna.......guvf vf n arj ivehf naq abg znal crbcyr
> xabj nobhg vg.
> 
> 2. ***********************
>    Nyfb, Vs nalbar erprvirf znvy ragvgyrq; CRACNY TERRGVATF, cyrnfr 
> qryrgr vg JVGUBHG ernqvat vg. Guvf vf n jneavat sbe nyy Vagrearg hfref
> gurer vf n qnatrebhf ivehf cebcntngvat npebff gur Vagrearg guebhtu na
> r-znvy zrffntr ragvgyrq "CRACNY TERRGVATF".
> 
>    QB ABG QBJAYBNQ NAL ZRFFNTR RAGVGYRQ "CRACNY TERRGVATF"  Guvf
> zrffntr nccrnef gb or n sevraqyl yrggre nfxvat lbh vs lbh ner
> vagrerfgrq va n cracny, ohg ol gur gvzr lbh ernq guvf yrggre, vg vf 
> gbb yngr. Gur "gebwna ubefr" ivehf jvyy unir nyernql vasrpgrq gur obbg
> frpgbe bs lbhe uneq qevir, qrfgeblvat nyy bs gur qngn cerfrag. Vg vf
> nf frys-ercyvpngvat ivehf, naq bapr gur zrffntr vf ernq, vg jvyy
> NHGBZNGVPNYYL sbejneq vgfrys gb nalbar jub'f r-znvy nqqerff vf cerfrag
> va LBHE znvyobk.
> 
>    Guvf ivehf jvyy QRFGEBL lbhe uneq qevir, naq ubyqf gur cbgragvny gb
> QRFGEBL gur uneq qevir bs nalbar jubfr znvy vf va lbhe va obk, naq
> jub'f znvy vf va gurve va obk naq fb ba.  Vs guvf ivehf xrrcf trggvat
> cnffrq, vg unf gur cbgragvny gb qb n terng qrny bs QNZNTR gb pbzchgre
> argjbexf  jbeyqjvqr.
> 
>    Cyrnfr, qryrgr gur zrffntr ragvgyrq "CRACNY TERRGVATF" nf fbba nf
> lbh frr vg.  Naq cnff guvf zrffntr nybat gb nyy bs lbhe sevraqf,
> eryngvirf naq gur bgure ernqref bs gur arjftebhcf naq znvyvat yvfgf 
> juvpu lbh ner ba fb gung gurl ner abg uheg ol guvf qnatrebhf ivehf, 
> cyrnfr cnff guvf  nybat gb rirelbar lbh xabj fb guvf pna or fgbccrq.
> 
> 3. ***********************
>    Gurer vf n arj ivehf tbvat nebhaq va gur ynfg pbhcyr bs qnlf. QB 
> ABG bcra be rira ybbx ng nal znvy gung lbh trg gung fnlf: "Erghearq
> be Hanoyr gb Qryvire" Guvf ivehf jvyy nggnpu vgfrys gb lbhe pbzchgre
> pbzcbaragf naq eraqre gurz hfryrff. Vzzrqvngryl qryrgr nal znvy vgrzf
> gung fnlf guvf. NBY unf fnvq guvf vf n irel qnatrebhf ivehf, naq gurer
> vf AB erzrql sbe vg ng guvf gvzr, Cyrnfr Or Pnershy, Naq sbejneq gb 
> nyy lbhe ba-yvar sevraqf N.F.N.C. Sbejneq guvf N.F.N.C. gb rirel
> fvatyr crefba lbh xabj.

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 25 Nov 1997 17:00:20 +0100

>> "RdB" == Robert de Bath <[email-masked]> writes:

RdB> THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET A VIRUS IS BY RUNNING INFECTED CODE!

Yeah, and it's usually called setup.exe and resides under
c:\windows... 

RdB> But do remember, when you open a MS-Word-6 document you automatically
RdB> run any "autoexec" macro in the document so don't open an _attached_
RdB> MS document unless your sure about it.

Not true. You can turn off that "feature" somewhere, i.e. prevent
Wankword from launching startup macros. You can also run
mime-sweeper. Or you could do something to get rid of viruses
altogether and install Linux.

Robin - MS-exorzist

-- 
Robin S. Socha M.A.
Why use Windows, since there is a door?