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goodtimes returns
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian T Sniffen)
Sun Dec 15 22:05:04 1996
From: Brian T Sniffen <brians@MIT.EDU>
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have you guys heard of this?
just got it
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READ THIS AND BEWARE!
If anyone receives mail entitled: PENPAL GREETINGS! please delete
it WITHOUT reading it. Below is a little explanation of the message,
and what it would do to your PC if you were to read the message.
This is a warning for all internet users - there is a dangerous
virus propogating across the internet through an e-mail message
entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!". DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MESSAGE
ENTITLED "PENPAL GREETINGS!"
This message 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 of 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 mailbox!
This virus will DESTROY your hard drive, and holds the potential to
DESTROY the hard drive of anyone whose mail is in your inbox, and
who's mail is in their inbox, and so on. If this virus remains
unchecked, it has the potential to do a great deal of DAMAGE to
computer networks worldwide!!!!
Please, delete the message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" as soon as
you see it! And pass this message along to all of your friends and
relatives, and the other readers of the newsgroups and mailing lists
which you are on, so that they are not hurt by this dangerous
virus!!!!
Sy
1-800-577-7468
PIN# 393-4573
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