Re: Fw: virus alert (fwd)

[VietHai.Nguyen@di.epfl.ch (Viet Hai NGUYEN)]

Hi,

Don't be panic VNSA-lers! It's nice from Anh Vu~ to inform us about
this "virus". I suppose you dont know that it's only a hoax.
Otherwise it's still too early for an Aprilscherz.

Info about penpal virus.

	http://www.datafellows.com/v-descs/penpal.htm

A bientot,
VH

> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 16:11:59 +0700
> From: "vu" <vu@as.nida.ac.th>
> To: <vnsa-l@csd.uwm.edu>
> Subject: Fw: virus alert (fwd)
> 
> 
> > IMPORTANT VIRUS ALERT!!!!   PLEASE REPOST BROADLY.....
> > 
> > >>Thi is a message sent by IBM about a virus. Read it.
> > >>
> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >> -
> > >>
> > >> This information was received this morning from IBM, please share
> > >> it with anyone that might access the Internet:
> > >>
> > >> If anyone receives mail entitled; PENPAL GREETINGS! please
...
> > >> 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
...