On Tue, 8 Feb 2000 20:38:49 -0500, Mark David Roth wrote:
> Virus Alert!
> I don't know if this virus scare message is a hoax or not I haven't had a
> chance to check it out yet.
> Subject: Fw: DEADLYVIRUS
> From: "Gene Roth", INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> From: Phyllis and Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> From: John Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Saturday, February 05, 2000 11:37 PM
> 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.
<snipped the rest of the warning message>
Hello Mark:
The warning message is worded in so much the same manner as the typical
hoaxes that have been going around for years, especially in AOL circles.
Because of the style and tone of the wording in this message, I would not
take it seriously. It smells too much like just another hoax, and someone
crying wolf.
If you really want to check this one out for us, Mark, we would appreciate
your doing so. I think you will find only a little boy crying wolf. You
may be most assured that one of these days the wolf really will appear, and
no one will listen to the screams of dire distress. The great wisdom of
Aesop will bear this out as being a true story, and most worthy of being
told, and passed down from generation to generation until the end of time.
Sam Heywood
-- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
