I don't know if this is a legitimate warning, but for whatever it is worth,
here it is, from a friend of mine. I certainly look at returned mail.
Maybe I shouldn't.
Elaine
>From: [log in to unmask]
>Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 08:53:09 EST
>To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask],
> [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask],
> [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask],
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>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Subject: Virus Warning!
>
> Date: Monday, January 26, 1998 5:56 PM
>
>>
>
>> VIRUS WARNING !!!!!!
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>> >>> > >>
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>> >>> > >>If you receive an email titled "JOIN THE CREW" DO NOT open it.
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>> >>> > >>It will erase everything on your hard drive. Forward this letter
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>> out
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>> >>> > >>to as many people as you can. This is a new, very malicious virus
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>> and
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>> >>> > >>not many people know about it. This information was announced
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>> >>> > >>yesterday morning from IBM; please share it with everyone that
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>> might
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>> >>> > >>access
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>> >>> > >the internet. Once again, pass this along to EVERYONE in your
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>> >>> > >>address book so that this may be stopped. Also, do not open or
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>even
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>> >>> > >>look at any mail that says "RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVERY" This
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>> >>virus
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>> >>> > >>will attach itself to your computer components and render them
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>> >>> > >>useless. Immediately delete any mail items that say this. AOL has
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>> >>said
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>> >>> > >>that this is a very dangerous virus and that there is NO remedy
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>for
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>> >>it
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>> >>> > >>at this time. Please practice cautionary measures and forward
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>this
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>> to
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>> >>> > >all
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>> >>> > >>your online friends ASAP.
>
Elaine R.S. Hodges [log in to unmask]
85253 Ridgetop Drive
Eugene, OR 97405-9535 Phone: 541-684-0484, Fax: 541-684-9662
USA
