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This is a hoax, and a common one, which has been floating around the Internet for about a year now. The original was, I think the "Good Times" hoax, and this is a shadow of it. Once and for all, it is impossible for *any* email message to erase your hard drive. -Will On Mon, 9 Feb 1998, Peter Mesley wrote: > >Return-Path: sheila.graves@xt*.co*.nz* > >Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 19:50:37 +1300 > >From: SHEILA GRAVES <sheila.graves@xt*.co*.nz*> > >Reply-To: sheila.graves@xt*.co*.nz* > >To: Aileen Loi <Aileen.Loi@xt*.co*.nz*>, > > "DARRYL.DTCP@xt*.co*.nz*" <DARRYL.DTCP@xt*.co*.nz*>, > > Grae and Allie <bentleys@cl*.ne*.nz*>, > > Peter Mesley <petemes@ih*.co*.nz*> > >Subject: [Fwd: virus warning] > > > > > >Return-Path: <norseman@ig*.co*.nz*> > >Received: from terminator2.xtra.co.nz ([202.27.184.2]) by medusa.xtra.co.nz > > (Post.Office MTA v3.1 release PO203a > > ID# 108-42821U125000L125000S0) with ESMTP id AAA24830; > > Mon, 9 Feb 1998 07:07:53 +1300 > >Received: from mercury.igrin.co.nz (mercury.igrin.co.nz [202.49.244.1]) > > by terminator2.xtra.co.nz (8.8.8/8.8.6) with ESMTP id HAA22039; > > Mon, 9 Feb 1998 07:07:14 +1300 (NZDT) > >Received: from norseman.igrin.co.nz (ppp1-22.igrin.co.nz [202.49.244.184]) > > by mercury.igrin.co.nz (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id HAA26207; > > Mon, 9 Feb 1998 07:12:02 +1300 > >Message-ID: <000301bd34bc$42040e60$b8f431ca@no*.ig*.co*.nz*> > >From: "Bendle" <norseman@ig*.co*.nz*> > >To: <pacific@ig*.co*.nz*>, "Paul A. Wakely" <paws@in*.co*.nz*>, > > <sheila.graves@xt*.co*.nz*>, > > "RJ & LM McCormack" <rob.lyn.mack@cl*.ne*.nz*>, > > "Qennett Bennett" <qbennett@in*.co*.nz*>, "Phil" <hueyb@ho*.co*>, > > "Pete Saul" <pete@ig*.co*.nz*>, "slug" <slug@re*.or*.nz*>, > > "Roberto Tonei" <tonei@xt*.co*.nz*>, <timandtracey@xt*.co*.nz*>, > > "WDSAC" <fish@cl*.ne*.nz*> > >Subject: virus warning > >Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 07:06:15 +1300 > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >X-Priority: 3 > >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 > >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 > > > >>>>** High Priority ** > >>>> > >>>>VIRUS WARNING !!!!!! > >>>> > >>>>If you receive an email titled "JOIN THE CREW" DO NOT open it. > >>>>It will erase everything on your hard drive. Forward this letter > >>>>out to as many people as you can. This is a new, very malicious > >>>>virus and not many people know about it. This information was > >>>>announced yesterday morning from IBM; please share it with > >>>>everyone that might access the internet. Once again, pass this > >>>>along to EVERYONE in your address book so that this may be > >>>>stopped. Also, do not open or even look at any mail that says > >>>>"RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVERY" This virus will attach itself > >>>>to your computer components and render them useless. > >>>>Immediately delete any mail items that say this. AOL has said > >>>>that this is a very dangerous virus and that there is NO remedy > >>>>for it at this time. Please practice cautionary measures and > >>>>forward this to all your online friends ASAP. > >>>> > >>>>Kind regards > >>>>Jerry Boezel > >>>>Manager, WW Marketing, Large Systems Storage > >>>>Storage Systems Division > >>>>5600 Cottle Road, San Jose, CA 95193 USA; dept. P22/010 office > >>>>426 > >>>>Phone (408) 256 5007, Fax (408) 256 7821. Secretary: Sue Peres at > >>>>(408) 256 5063 or IBMUSM51(SUEPERES) > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > > > > > > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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