Leave me your fax number and we shall see whether you will fork over the
money.

On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Aaron Pailthorp wrote:

> Man, will the BS ever die.
> 
> Mail messages of this type are a hoax. No such mail exists. Go look here
> for yourself:
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/data/penpal.html
> 
> In case you don't have web access, here's an excerpt:
> Penpal Greetings 
> 
> Aliases: E-mail, Good Times.Penpal_Greetings 
> Infection length: Hoax 
> Area of infection: Hoax 
> Likelihood: Hoax 
> Region reported: Worldwide 
> Characteristics: Hoax 
> Target platform: Hoax 
> Trigger date: Hoax 
>  
> Description: 
> 
> Penpal Greetings is not a virus. It is a hoax. The "virus" does not
> exist. There is currently no virus that has the characteristics ascribed
> to Penpal Greetings. 
> 
> The e-mail message describing the virus is similar to the original Good
> Times virus e-mail hoax. It could even be described as a virus hoax
> strain. 
> 
> The Penpal Greetings hoax message includes the following "warning": 
> 
> 
> This is a warning for all internet users 
> <end of excerpt>
> 
> Yada yada yada. Die false warning die. 
> 
> -->Aaron
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	DUCHROW R. [SMTP:raduchrow@mk*.ra*.ro*.co*]
> > Sent:	Monday, August 18, 1997 7:00 AM
> > To:	Barry Miller; Bernie Chowdhury; Bill Merrill; brian black; Dive
> > Rite; Gary Gilmore; Jerry Guyer; JJWELLS@jc*.co*; Michael
> > Weinstein; Mike Tock; Pete Zierden; Steve Linley; STEVE ORMEROID;
> > Techdiver; William M Pilicer
> > Subject:	Virus Alert
> > 
> > WARNING!!!!!! If you receive an e-mail titled "JOIN THE  CREW" DO
> > NOT open it!
> > It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive! Send this letter out to
> > as many people you can.......this is a new virus and not many people
> > know about it!
> > This information was received this morning from IBM, please share it
> > with anyone that might access the Internet.
> > Also, 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.
> > PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS!!! WARNING !!!
> > There is a new virus going arround in the last couple of days!!!
> > DO NOT open or even look at any mail that you get that says:
> > "Returned or Unable to Deliver" This virus will attach itself to your
> > computer
> > components and render them useless. Immediately delete any mail items
> > that
> > says this. AOL has said this is a very danderous virus, and there is
> > NO remedy
> > for it at this time, Please Be Careful, And forward to all your
> > on-line
> > friends A.S.A.P.
> > Forward this A.S.A.P. to every single person you know!!!!!!!!!
> > 
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