do not post virus alerts !

[Guest guest]

Please: everyone, do not post virus emails. This is not the place.

As I have said before 1) it is everyone's own responsibility for their safe

use of the internet and 2) the emails are often far more annoying than the

virus themselves.

davidp.

Sunday, April 15, 2001, 2:16:11 AM, you wrote:

Aac> Hi Everyone, My cousin just forwarded me a message from Joyce L.

Aac> Bober who just happens to be with IBM. This is a VERY important

Aac> message for anyone who has access to the internet. Anyway heres what

Aac> it says:

Aac> VERY URGENT: Pass this on to anyone you have an email address for. If

Aac> you recieve a email titled: " It Takes Guts to Say Jesus " DO NOT OPEN

Aac> IT!! It will erase everything on your hard drive. This information

Aac> was announced yesterday morning from IBM; AOL states that this is a

Aac> VERY dangerous virus, much worse than " , " and that there is NO

Aac> REMEDY for it at this time. Some VERY sick individual has succedded

Aac> in using the reformat function from Norton Utilities causing it to

Aac> completely erase all documents on the hard drive.It has been designed

Aac> to work with Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. It

Aac> destroys Macintosh and IBM compatible computers.This is a new, very

Aac> malicious virus and not many people know about it. Pass this warning

Aac> along to everyone you know and please share it with all your online

Aac> friends ASAP so that this threat may be stopped. Please practice

Aac> cautionary measures and tell anyone that may have access to your

Aac> computer.

Aac> I just wanted to pass this along to everyone so you can be on the

Aac> lookout.