> 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>
-Sam Heywood replied:
-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.
I'm sorry everbody. It did turn out to be another hoax. I guess I'm a
little sensitive to virus scares right now. My whole system got
infected with the Fantasma.1000 and Stoned(something or other) and my
386 is acting very peculiar. My CMOS is giving me a lot of trouble.
Can't access my hard drives except under very peculiar circumstances.
I suspect it may be caused by another virus I haven't been able to
clean out yet.
