New Virus on Internet (pkzip300.zip trojan)

• To: van-scf at ee_ubc.ca
• Subject: New Virus on Internet (pkzip300.zip trojan)
• From: Stephen.Pushak at saudan_HAC.COM
• Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 10:19:20 PDT
• Cc: aquatic-plants at actwin_com

The following virus warning was just circulated at Hughes:
Art's comment was so descriptive, I left it as is.

>      You are forewarned!!!  Bad virus man, bad *%$#&%^& virus.
> 
> Date:    9/26/96 8:27 AM
> 
> 
> 
> >     Warning of a new virus.
> >
> >     ======================================================================
> >
> >     DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY FILE NAMED PKZIP300 REGARDLESS OF EXTENSION.
> >
> >     A NEW Trojan Horse Virus has emerged on the Internet with the name
> >     PKZIP300.ZIP, so named as to give the impression that this file is a
> >     new version of the PKZIP software used to "zip" compressed files. DO
> >     NOT DOWNLOAD THIS FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!! If you install or
> >     expand the file, the virus WILL wipe your hard disk clean and affect
> >     modems at 14.4 and higher. This is an extremely destructive virus and
> >     there is NOT yet a way of cleaning this one up.
> >
> >          PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU KNOW. >

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