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To: abuelita who wrote (33645)	11/24/2000 1:27:10 PM
From: Ex-INTCfan	of 35685

This from McAfee on the alleged virus Virus Profile KALI is a - risk Hoax McAfee.com Clinic Members, click Here to update ActiveShield. Click Here to perform a VirusScan Online. Click Here to download the latest dat files for (Retail) McAfee VirusScan. Virus Name KALI Date Added 3/8/00 Virus Characteristics The following is a copy of an email hoax message which may be circulating the Internet by concerned users who may be tricked into believing there is such a virus or trojan. Ignore this message and/or delete it. Do not forward this message on to others as it suggests. -----------copy of hoax message------ Subject: IBM OFFICIAL VIRUS WARNING PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR. If you receive an email titled "Lets watch TV" DO NOT OPEN IT. It will erase everything on your hard drive. This information was announced yesterday morning from IBM; AOL states that "KALI" is a very dangerous virus, much worse than "Melissa," and that there is NO remedy for it at this time. Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the reformat function from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all documents on the hard drive. It has been designed to work with Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and IBM compatible computers. This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it. Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book and please share it with all your online friends ASAP so that this threat may be stopped. Please practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that may have access to your computer. Forward this warning to everyone that might access the Internet. -----------end of hoax message------ INTCfan

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