From: Julius Hrivnac <Julius.Hrivnac@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 12:19:25 GMT Subject: Re: virus (fwd) Message-Id: <EHBM8E.Jr0@nntp-hep.fzu.cz>
Just a clarification: It those viruses really exist, they can only influence you if you are using M$ Windows and its "brave new tools" (like Internet Explorer and M$ Mail). They can make no harm on Unix (including Linux). Julius -- ################################################################## # E-mail: Julius.Hrivnac@cern.ch # # WWW: http://www-hep.fzu.cz/~hrivnac/ # # S-mail: PPE Division; 40-3D-11; CERN; 1211 Geneve; Switzerland # # voice: (022)-767-3170 # ##################################################################
From: Mikhail Bilenky <savoldi@ge.INFM.it> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 07:56:49 GMT Subject: virus (fwd) Message-Id: <EHBA2p.79F@nntp-hep.fzu.cz>
Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970924160538.006a763c@titania.ge.infm.it> X-Sender: savoldi@titania.ge.infm.it X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 18:05:38 +0200 To: rapsed@ge.INFM.it From: Giovanna Savoldi <savoldi@ge.INFM.it> rom: INFNGE::MARTINOLI 24-SEP-1997 16:44:37.19 To: @DIP.DIS CC: Subj: avviso di De Paz circa VIRUS! for your information: If you receive an e-mail titled "JOIN THE CREW" DO NOT open it! It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive! Send this letter out to as many people you can.......this is a new virus and not many people know about it! This information was received this morning from IBM, please share it with anyone that might access the Internet. Also, if anyone receives email entitled; PENPAL GREETINGS! please delete it WITHOUT reading it!! This is a warning for all Internet users - there is a dangerous virus propagating 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 in box, and who's mail is in their in box and so on. If this virus keeps getting passed, 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, 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!!!! Please pass this along to everyone you know so this can be stopped. AOL has said this is a very danderous virus, and there is NO remedy for it at this time, Please Be Careful, And forward to all your on-line friends A.S.A.P. Forward this A.S.A.P. Thanks, Flor Cabanilla Access Bulk ISP Giovanna Savoldi INFM - Unit of Genova via Dodecaneso 33 16146 Genova tel: + 39 10 353 6357 fax: + 39 10 311066