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Strategies & Market Trends : CAVALRY'S SHORT BUSTERS - MAGIC EIGHTBALLS PICKS

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To: zx who wrote (1597)12/30/1998 7:54:00 PM
From: Cavalry  Read Replies (2) of 1637
 
happy new year here's a new virus warning from ibm
>><< << WARNING Message from IBM
>> > > >>
>> > > >>If you receive an e-mail titiled..JOIN THE CREW/for PENPALS
>> > > >>DO NOT open it! It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive!
>> > > >>Send this letter out to as many people as you can. This is a
>> > > >>new virus and not many people know about it! This information
>> > > >>was received this morning by IBM, Please share it with anyone
>> > > >>that might access the internet!!
>> > > >>
>> > > >>PENPAL 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 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 box! This virus will destroy your hard
>> drive and
>> > > >>holds the potential to DESTROY the hard drive of anyone whose
>> > > >>mail is in your box and whose mail is in their box and so on
>> and on!
>> > > >>
>> > > >>So delete any message titled PENPAL or JOIN THE CREW. This
>> > > >>virus can do major DAMAGE to worldwide networks!
>> > > >>
>> > > >>PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND
>> > > >>PEOPLE IN YOUR MAILBOXES. AOL HAS SAID THIS IS A VERY
>> > > >>DANGEROUS VIRUS AND THERE IS NO REMEDY FOR THIS.
>> > > >>FORWARD IT TO ALL YOUR ON-LINE FRIENDS A.S.A.P.!

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