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VIRUS ALERT > >> > >> >
************************************************************ > >>>>>>>
This information was received this morning from IBM, please share it >
with anyone that might access the Internet: >
************************************************************ >
If anyone receives mail entitled; PENPAL GREETINGS!
please delete it > >>>>>>>WITHOUT reading it!!  This is a warning for
all
Internet users - there > >>is a > >>>>>>>dangerous virus propagating
across
the Internet through an e-mail message > >>>>>>>entitled "PENPAL
GREETINGS!". DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MESSAGE ENTITLED > >>"PENPAL >
GREETINGS"!!  This message 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 of 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 mailbox! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>     This virus will
DESTROY
your hard drive, and holds the potential to > >>>>>>>DESTROY the hard
drive
of  anyone whose mail is in your in box, and who's > >>>>>>>mail is in
their in box and so on. If this virus keeps getting passed, it has
the potential to do a great deal of DAMAGE to computer networks
worldwide!!!! > >>>>>>>     Please, delete the message entitled
"PENPAL GREETINGS!" as soon > >>as you > >>>>>>>see it!  And pass this
message along to all of your friends, relatives > >>and > >>>>>>>the
other readers of the newsgroups and mailing lists which you are on so
that they are not hurt by this dangerous virus!!!! Please pass this
along to everyone you know so this can be stopped.
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> >>VIRUS ALERT > >> > >> >
>>>>************************************************************ > >>>>>>> 
   This information was received this morning from IBM, please share it >
>>>>>>>with anyone that might access the Internet: >
>>>>>>>************************************************************ >
>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>     If anyone receives mail entitled; PENPAL GREETINGS!
please delete it > >>>>>>>WITHOUT reading it!!  This is a warning for all
Internet users - there > >>is a > >>>>>>>dangerous virus propagating across
the Internet through an e-mail message > >>>>>>>entitled "PENPAL
GREETINGS!". DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MESSAGE ENTITLED > >>"PENPAL >
>>>>>>>GREETINGS"!!  This message 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 of 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 mailbox! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>     This virus will DESTROY
your hard drive, and holds the potential to > >>>>>>>DESTROY the hard drive
of  anyone whose mail is in your in box, and who's > >>>>>>>mail is in
their in box and so on. If this virus keeps getting passed, it > >>>>>>>has
the potential to do a great deal of DAMAGE to computer networks >
>>>>>>>worldwide!!!! > >>>>>>>     Please, delete the message entitled
"PENPAL GREETINGS!" as soon > >>as you > >>>>>>>see it!  And pass this
message along to all of your friends, relatives > >>and > >>>>>>>the other
readers of the newsgroups and mailing lists which you are on so >
>>>>>>>that they are not hurt by this dangerous virus!!!! > >>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>     Please pass this along to everyone you know so this can
be stopped. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> --------- End forwarded message
---------- > >>>>>>>---