From: "Archer" Newsgroups: alt.comp.perlcgi.freelance,alt.freewebhosting,alt.html.critique,comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: 4 VIRUS ALERTS! Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 17:23:59 -0800 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Lines: 66 Message-ID: <7viplf$8vp$1@nntp3.atl.mindspring.net> References: <7vgr8g$iel$1 AT tron DOT sci DOT fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.db.2c X-Server-Date: 1 Nov 1999 01:16:31 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com http://www.scambusters.com talks about virus scams -- Sincerely: Lori Archer mailto:lori_archer AT sprynet DOT com http://lori_archer.home.sprynet.com/ Pekka wrote in message news:7vgr8g$iel$1 AT tron DOT sci DOT fi... | 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! | | |