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Re: new virus
John,
This is a hoax message. It is not possible for an email message to erase a
hard disk. The only way a virus could be passed on via email is as a macro
virus in a Word document (for example) or as an executable attachment. That
is, you would have to actually run a program that someone had passed onto
you. I suggest everyone ignores these types of message. They appear
regularly on various mail lists.
Barry
>Barry - received this from some colleuges of mine in the computer industry,
>this may be good info to post on Killie Talk
>Regards,
>John van Rompu
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>Subject: WARNING **** VIRUS ALERT****
>> Date: Monday, July 06, 1998 12:19 PM
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>> I just received that from my office. Pass it along:
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>> IF YOU RECEIVE AN E-MAIL TITLED "WIN A HOLIDAY" DO NOT OPEN IT. IT WILL
>> ERASE EVERYTHING ON YOUR HARD DRIVE.
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Barry Cooper, Chair email: bjc3 at cornell_edu
Department of Pathology Voice: (607)253-3336
College of Veterinary Medicine FAX: (607)253-3317
Cornell University
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