From: Cameron Dorey <camerond AT mail DOT uca DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: 4 VIRUS ALERTS!
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 15:22:30 -0600
Organization: University of Arkansas at Little Rock
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This guy's either a prankster (it is 10/31) or seriously uninformed. See
the URL's listed after his warnings about these hoaxes.

Pekka wrote:
> 
> 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

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/cellsaver.hoax.html

> 
> 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!

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/dearfriendshoax.html


> 
> 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.

http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html

> 
> 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.

http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html

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

Next time, just let us fall into the "traps," please.

Cameron

-- 
Cameron Dorey
Associate Professor of Chemistry
University of Central Arkansas
Phone: 501-450-5938
camerond AT mail DOT uca DOT edu