Please stop trying to scare me with your info on virus hoaxes!!! If you had just
contacted a couple of the major anti-virus Web sites (www.mcafee.com or www.symantec.com),
you would have found information telling you that the PenPal Virus and the Join the
Crew Virus ARE A HOAXES.
But, since you refuse to research this on your own, I'll do it for you. See attachments
below from McAfee.
klm
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Penpal Hoax
This is NOT an actual virus.
Below is a copy of the actual text which was passed around.
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Subject: Virus Alert
Importance: High
If anyone receives mail entitled: PENPAL GREETINGS! please delete it WITHOUT reading
it. Below is a little explanation of the message, and what it would do to your PC
if you were to read the message. If you have any questions or concerns please contact
SAF-IA Info Office on 697-5059.
This is a warning for all internet users - there is a dangerous virus propogating
across the internet through an e-mail message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!". DO NOT
DOWNLOAD ANY MESSAGE 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 virus, and once the message is read,
it will AUTOMATICALLY forward itself to anyone who's e-mail address is present in
YOUR mailbox!
This virus will DESTROY your hard drive, and holds the potential to DESTROY the hard
drive of anyone whose mail is in your inbox, and who's mail is in their inbox, and
so on. If this virus remains unchecked, it has the potntial to do a great deal of
DAMAGE to computer networks worldwide!!!!
Please, delete the message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" as soon as you see it! And
pass this message along to all of your friends and relatives, and the other readers
of the newsgroups and mailing lists which you are on, so that they are not hurt by
this dangerous virus!!!!
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McAfee Associates
2805 Bowers Avenue
Santa Clara, CA 95051-0963
USA
Phone: (408) 988-3832
Fax: (408) 970-9727
McAfee is a registered trademark of McAfee Associates, Inc. Other product names and
various content (including but not limited to audio, video, and graphics) are trademarks
of their respective owners.(c) McAfee. All rights reserved, 1997.
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"Join The Crew" E-mail Hoax
This is NOT an actual virus.
Below is a copy of the actual text which was passed around.
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Take note !
Someone got an e-mail, titled as JOIN THE CREW and it has erased his hard drive.
Please do not open up any mail that has this title. This is a new e-mail virus and
not a lot of people know about it, just let everyone know, so they won't be a victim.
Please e-mail this to everyone you know!!!
Remember the title : JOIN THE CREW - Make sure you do not "JOIN THE CREW" that have
lost there entire HD
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Please ignore and delete this message.
This is a hoax because viruses are not carried in e-mail messages. Viruses must be
transmitted as an attachment to a message.
By receiving the message you are not in any danger. Every attachment should always
be saved and scanned before executing.
Delete any "JOIN THE CREW" e-mail message and DO NOT forward it to anyone. You will
only propagate the hoax.
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McAfee Associates
2805 Bowers Avenue
Santa Clara, CA 95051-0963
USA
Phone: (408) 988-3832
Fax: (408) 970-9727
McAfee is a registered trademark of McAfee Associates, Inc. Other product names and
various content (including but not limited to audio, video, and graphics) are trademarks
of their respective owners.(c) McAfee. All rights reserved, 1997.
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