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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2002 6:06 pm
Friends,
Any virus warning that is phrased the way this one is is hooey (or may
itself be a virus). To check, call any phone numbers listed in the message.
The one at the end of this message is disconnected. IBM employees do not
send out hysterical sounding email warnings and ask people to forward them.
If IBM has something to tell you, they will do so the way a corporation does:
press release, mailing to customers, etc. This is one less virus you need
to worry about. Best, Margaret
In a message dated 4/24/02 2:23:33 PM, minutus@yahoogroups.com writes:
<< Message: 10
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 00:10:49 -0400
From: "Peter Waldeck"
Subject: Fw: Virus Warning
{Forwards removed. . .}
PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR.
If you receive an email titled: "It Takes Guts to Say Jesus"
DO NOT OPEN IT. It will erase everything on your hard drive.
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 maybe stopped. Please
practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that may have access to your
computer. Forward this warning to everyone that you know that might access
the Internet.
Joyce L. Bober
IBM Information Systems
Pittsburgh Mailing Systems
412 - 922-8744
Any virus warning that is phrased the way this one is is hooey (or may
itself be a virus). To check, call any phone numbers listed in the message.
The one at the end of this message is disconnected. IBM employees do not
send out hysterical sounding email warnings and ask people to forward them.
If IBM has something to tell you, they will do so the way a corporation does:
press release, mailing to customers, etc. This is one less virus you need
to worry about. Best, Margaret
In a message dated 4/24/02 2:23:33 PM, minutus@yahoogroups.com writes:
<< Message: 10
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 00:10:49 -0400
From: "Peter Waldeck"
Subject: Fw: Virus Warning
{Forwards removed. . .}
PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR.
If you receive an email titled: "It Takes Guts to Say Jesus"
DO NOT OPEN IT. It will erase everything on your hard drive.
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 maybe stopped. Please
practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that may have access to your
computer. Forward this warning to everyone that you know that might access
the Internet.
Joyce L. Bober
IBM Information Systems
Pittsburgh Mailing Systems
412 - 922-8744