Subject: VIRUS ALERT (fwd)

From: Vanessa Hovius <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 10:16:17 -0500 (EST)

Hello everybody.  A friend of ours sent us a virus alert today that I
thought I should share with you.  This alert was sent directly from
Microsoft and AOL so it should be taken seriously.  If you receive an
e-mail that says something like:
	WIN A FREE VACATION.  OPEN/READ ME IMMEDIATELY.

DO NOT OPEN THIS.  It is apparently a very bad virus that will immediately
delete everything on your hard drive.  There is no anti-virus for this at
this time.  Anyone that accesses the Internet should be notified of this so
pass it along.

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From: zachariah cameron <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 10:32:44 -0500 (EST)

It is just the same old hoax that has been going around for
years.  Don't worry about it.

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zachariah cameron
HelpDesk Analyst (Access Tech.)
York University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Vanessa Hovius wrote:

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From: "Paul Kraus, Systems Integration" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 10:48:40 -0500 (EST)

Funny, I just opened an email addressed that way. Nothing bad happened. I am
running Pine 3.96 under Solaris 2.6. I also sent a note to [email-masked]
that I did not appreciate his network being used to SPAM email lists I
subscribe to.

On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Vanessa Hovius wrote:

>Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 10:16:17 -0500 (EST)
>From: Vanessa Hovius <[email-masked]>
>To: Pine Discussion Forum <[email-masked]>
>Subject: VIRUS ALERT (fwd)
>
>

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|/   ||\_/ | | UNIFIED Technologies    fax +1 518 283 1189           |
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From: Mike Mahaffy <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 08:29:49 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

Please...

->To: Pine Discussion Forum <[email-masked]>
->From: Vanessa Hovius <[email-masked]>
->Subject: VIRUS ALERT (fwd)
->
->
->Hello everybody.  A friend of ours sent us a virus alert today that I
->thought I should share with you.  This alert was sent directly from
->Microsoft and AOL so it should be taken seriously.  If you receive an
->e-mail that says something like:
->	WIN A FREE VACATION.  OPEN/READ ME IMMEDIATELY.
->
->DO NOT OPEN THIS.  It is apparently a very bad virus that will immediately
->delete everything on your hard drive.  There is no anti-virus for this at
->this time.  Anyone that accesses the Internet should be notified of this so
->pass it along.
->		
->
->

Mike Mahaffy
Data/Computer/Systems Coordinator
School of Architecture
Washington State University
Pullman, WA  99164-2220
509/335-6109 voice
509/335-6132 fax
[email-masked]

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 26 Mar 1998 19:05:44 +0100

> zachariah cameron <[email-masked]>,
> "Paul Kraus, Systems Integration" <[email-masked]>, and
> Mike Mahaffy <[email-masked]> have problems...

Listen, girls, this list is supposed to deal with technical problems
concerning pine. Why don't you go back to Usenet prep-school and learn
how to write an email?

Robin

-- 
Robin S. Socha
I'm heading north, I'm heading home, doing 125
I close my eyes and count to ten ha ha yeah I'm still alive

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From: Adam Howell <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 10:16:46 -0800 (PST)

> this time.  Anyone that accesses the Internet should be notified of this so

	What a magical email message that can run an executable when only
being read...

-Adam

Vehicle Dynamics Lab
University of California, Berkeley

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From: zachariah cameron <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 13:41:21 -0500 (EST)

I'm sure that is all very interesting but what does it have
to do with viruses?

zachariah cameron

Robin

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From: Drachen <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 11:56:48 -0800 (PST)

the only thing "virus like" about this "virus" is the way it spread. For
all practical purposes, you cannot get a virus from opening an email.
While their are "hostile" java scripts, because pine does not use java, it
is not prone to these problems. If you like, I can send you some links on
hoax viruses like this one and a neat humourous email about them.

Vinnie

--
[email-masked] System Administrator Epoch Internet
"Connecting The World, One Business At A Time......
By Caring About A Customers Success"
[email-masked] Spam Patrol

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From: Solstice <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 17:20:52 -0500 (EST)

> this time.  Anyone that accesses the Internet should be notified of this so

Yeah, I'll be sure to file this under all the other virus hoaxes.

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