From:	"Pekka" <pekkaka AT saunalahti DOT fi>
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Subject:	4 VIRUS ALERTS!
Date:	Sun, 31 Oct 1999 09:30:54 +0200
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FOUR NEW VIRUSES

4 VIRUS WARNINGS - NOT A JOKE!

WARNING No. 1

If you receive any CELCOM Screen Saver Pls. do not install them.
This screensaver is very cool. It shows a NOKIA handphone, with
time messages. After it is activated, the PC cannot boot up at  It
goes very slow. It destroys your hard disk. The filename is CELLSAVER.EXE

WARNING No. 2

Beware.  If someone named "SandMan" asks you to check out his
page. DO NOT-  This page hacks into your C: drive. DO NOT GO THERE!

Warning No. 3

WARNING: If you get an E-mail titled Win A Holiday, DO NOT open it.
Delete it immediately. Microsoft just announced yesterday. It is a malicious
virus that WILL ERASE YOUR HARD DRIVE . At this time there is no
remedy . Forward this to everyone IMMEDIATELY.

Warning No. 4

W A R N I N G.  If you receive an e-mail titled JOIN THE CREW or PENPALS,
DO NOT open it. It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive. PENPAL appears
to be a  friendly letter asking you if you are interested in a penpal but by
the time  you read this letter it is TOO late.  The Trojan horse virus will
have already
infected the boot sector of  your hard drive, destroying all the data
present. It is a
self-replicating virus, and once the message is read it will AUTOMATICALLY
forward Itself to anyone who's e-mail address is present in your box. This
virus will destroy your hard drive and holds the potential to DESTROY the
hard drive of anyone whose mail is in your box and whose mail is in their
box and so on and on- So delete any message titled PENPAL or JOIN THE CREW
this virus can do major DAMAGE to worldwide networks.

PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND
PEOPLE IN YOUR MAILBOXES. AOL HAS SAID THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS
VIRUS AND THERE IS NO REMEDY FOR THIS YET. FORWARD IT TO ALL YOUR
ON-LINE FRIENDS.


p.s.
I just thought that you people, should know this!
Sorry for any inconvience!. But this might be important!

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