Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <416066AA.3090408@bellsouth.net> Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 15:52:58 -0500 From: Bobby McNulty Junior User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Merritt CC: anastasiya AT stopor DOT com, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com, dach7 AT bellsouth DOT net, dominionmusicy2k AT yahoo DOT com, favor4real AT yahoo DOT com, Irina , Silva Subject: Re: New Malicious virus. Attacks Macs too. And Linux as well as windows References: <20041003204713 DOT 93377 DOT qmail AT web53607 DOT mail DOT yahoo DOT com> In-Reply-To: <20041003204713.93377.qmail@web53607.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Note-from-DJ: This may be spam James Merritt wrote: > Hi, > > This warning is a hoax. According to this website, > Symantec Security Response encourages you to ignore > any messages regarding this hoax. It is harmless and > is intended only to cause unwarranted concern. > > http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jesus-hoax.html > > Thank you and have a nice day!! > > james E. Merritt > > --- Bobby McNulty Junior > wrote: > > >> Subject:URGENT - New Virus >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> This information was announced yesterday >>morning from IBM; AOL >>states that this is a very dangerous virus, much >>worse than >> >> >> "Melissa," and that there is NO Remedy for it >>at this time. >> >> >> Some very sick individual has succeeded in >>using the reformat >>function from Norton Utilities causing it to >>completely erase all >>documents on the hard drive. >> >> >> It has been designed to work with Netscape >>Navigator and Microsoft >>Internet Explorer. >> >> >> It destroys Macintosh and IBM compatible >>computers. >> >> >> >> This is a new, very malicious virus and not >>many people know about >>it. Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your >>address book ! and >>please share it with all your online friends ASAP so >>that this threat >>maybe stopped. >> >> >> >> Please practice cautionary measures and tell >>anyone that may have >>access to your computer. Forward this warning to >>everyone that you know >>that might access the Internet. >> >> >> >> Joyce L. Bober >> >> >> IBM Information Systems >> >> >> PittsburghMailing Systems >> 412 - 922-8744 >> >> >> >> >> >>-- >>Unsubscribe info: >>http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >>Problem reports: >>http://cygwin.com/problems.html >>Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >>FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ >> >> > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > Thanks for telling me. It was sent to a bunch of people before it got to me. I have the one where it was sent to a bunh of people. I wanted to show you what the hackers are doing to the net. And to personal computers that are hooked into the net. Thank you and you have a nice day. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/