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Tom Weems (Tomweems)
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2000 - 3:18 pm: | |
The virus files that you are talking about are hoaxes. A few on the list are real but both of the emails you are discussing can be found on the virus hoax page at http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
This is little more than low grade spam. Why people do that is beyond me.... |
Gale Hawkins (Gale)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2000 - 9:13 pm: | |
Dave here is an email I got today. Maybe it is because Friday the 13th is coming up.
On Wednesday 10-9-00 an e-mail containing a virus sent out
all over the Internet. We wanted to notify you A.S.A.P.
Please pass this eamil around.
Once opened, the virus was automatically sent to everyone
in that person's personal address book. Receiving this e-mail does not mean
you have the virus. You must open the attachment for the virus to be spread.
If you did open the attachment I have included the link that explains the
virus and how to remove it.
If your virus scan update is less than a week old you are protected against
this virus.
The name of the virus is VBS.plan.
The subject of the e-mail is US PRESIDENT AND FBI SECRETS=PLEASE VIST +> or
a randomly generated 6 letter word displayed in all capital letters, or it
might be blank.
For more information regarding this virus visit
http://symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.plan.a.html
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R.D. Hood (Dave)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2000 - 8:09 pm: | |
Have no idea if this is fact or fiction, BUT it seems better to "be prepared" than to suffer the consequences.
"VIRUS WITH NO CURE"
>PLEASE, SEND THIS INFORMATION TO EVERY PERSON IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK. IF YOU
>RECEIVE AN E-MAIL THAT READS "UPGRADE INTERNET2" DO NOT OPEN IT, AS IT
>CONTAINS AN EXECUTABLE NAMED "PERRIN.EXE." IT WILL ERASE ALL THE DATA IN
>YOUR HARD DRIVE AND IT WILL STAY IN MEMORY. EVERY TIME THAT YOU UPLOAD ANY
>DATA, IT WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ERASED AND YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE YOUR
>COMPUTER AGAIN.
>THIS INFORMATION WAS PUBLISHED YESTERDAY IN THE CNN WEB SITE.
>THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS VIRUS. TO THIS DATE, THERE IS NO KNOWN ANTIVIRUS
>PROGRAM FOR THIS PARTICULAR VIRUS. PLEASE, FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO
YOUR
>FRIENDS, SO THAT THEY WILL BE ON THE ALERT. ALSO CHECK THE LIST BELOW, SENT
>BY IBM, WITH THE NAMES OF SOME E-MAILS THAT, IF RECEIVED, SHOULD NOT BE
>OPENED AND MUST BE DELETED IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN ATTACHED
>VIRUSES. THIS WAY YOUR COMPUTER WILL BE SAFE.
>THE TITLES ARE:
>1) buddylst.exe
>2) calcu18r.exe
>3) deathpr.exe
>4) einstein.exe
>5) happ.exe
>6) girls.exe
>7) happy99.exe
>8) japanese.exe
>9) keypress.exe
>10) kitty.exe
>11) monday.exe
>12) teletubb.exe
>13) The Phantom Menace
>14) prettypark.exe
>15) UP-GRADE INTERNET2
>16) perrin.exe
>17) I love You
>18) CELCOM Screen Saver or CELSAVER.EXE
>19) Win a Holiday (e-mail)
>20) JOIN THE CREW O PENPALS
>
>ONCE AGAIN, DO NOT OPEN THESE E-MAILS AND PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO YOUR
>FRIENDS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
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