On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Gast, Thorsten wrote: > Believe me. It's a hoax.
It's a pretty good bet that any message with PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST !! emblazoned across the top and bottom is a hoax. > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Mike Hulse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. Oktober 2001 16:28 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Re: TWO WORST EVER VIRUS (CNN announced) > > > I searched CNN and could not find any such story. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erwin B. Mendoza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 10:32 PM > Subject: TWO WORST EVER VIRUS (CNN announced) > > > >WORST EVER VIRUS (CNN announced) > > > > > >This is real one folks. Watch your selves. > > > >PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST !! > > > >A new virus has just been discovered that has been classified by Microsoft > >as the most destructive ever! This virus was discovered yesterday afternoon > >by McAfee and no vaccine has yet been developed. This virus simply destroys > >Sector Zero from the hard disk, where vital information for its functioning > >are stored. > > > >This virus acts in the following manner: It sends itself automatically to > >all contacts on your list with the title "A Virtual Card for You." As soon > >as the supposed virtual card is opened, the computer freezes so that the > >user has to reboot. When the ctrl+alt+del keys or the reset button are > >pressed, the virus destroys Sector Zero, thus permanently destroying the > >hard disk. > > > >Yesterday in just a few hours this virus caused panic in New York, > >according to news broadcast by CNN. This alert was received by an employee > >of Microsoft itself. So don't open any mails with subject: "A Virtual Card > >for You." As soon as you get the mail, delete it. > > > >Please pass this mail to all of your friends. Forward this to everyone in > >your address book. > > > >I would rather receive this 25 times than not at all. Also: Intel announced > >that a new and very destructive virus was discovered recently. If you > >receive an email called "An Internet Flower For You," do not open it. > >Delete it right away! This virus removes all dynamic link libraries (.DLL > >files) from your computer. Your computer will not be able to boot up !! > > > >SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST!! > > > >___________________________________________________________________________ > >To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > >of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > > >Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > >Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > >LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > Milt Epstein Research Programmer Software/Systems Development Group Computing and Communications Services Office (CCSO) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
