STSAG898 - Virus Warning

Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 10:54:08 +0200
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Subject: Virus Warning

Theo is dit ook weer een broodje aap?

>Date: 1 Sep 1997 09:26:44 +0100
>From: [...]
>Subject: Virus Warning
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>Geachte relatie,
>
>Vanmorgen een mail ontvangen over een veraderlijk virus.
>
>met vriendelijke groet,
>
>Martijn Boermans
>ID Systems
>
>Hi folks, better watch out:
>--- WARNING!!!!!! If you receive an e-mail titled "JOIN THE CREW" DO
>NOT >open it! >It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive! Send this
>letter out to as >many people you can.......this is a new virus and
>not many people know >about it! > >This information was received this
>morning from IBM, please share it >with anyone that might access the
>Internet. > >Also, > >If anyone receives mail entitled; PENPAL
>GREETINGS! please delete >it WITHOUT reading it!! This is a warning
>for all Internet users - >there is a dangerous virus propagating
>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 in box, and who's >mail is in their in
>box and so on. If this virus keeps getting passed, >it has the
>potential 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, 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!!!! > >Please pass this along to everyone
>you know so this can be stopped. >PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS!!!
>WARNING !!! >There is a new virus going arround in the last couple of
>days!!! >DO NOT open or even look at any mail that you get that says:
>"Returned >or Unable to Deliver" This virus will attach itself to your
>computer >components and render them useless. Immediately delete any
>mail items >that says this. AOL has said this is a very danderous
>virus, and there >is NO remedy for it at this time, Please Be Careful,
>And forward to >all your on-line friends A.S.A.P. > >Forward this
>A.S.A.P. to every single person you know!!!!!! > > >
>
>Best regards
>
>*******************************
>Nick Neumann
>systemfabrik GmbH
>Amsinckstr. 45, 20097 Hamburg
[...]
>*******************************

BRUN 07405 - Viruses, `The Mystery Glitch', etc.    BRUN 07405 - Viruses, `The Mystery Glitch', etc.   

Waarschuwing tegen e-mail berichten waarin een computervirus verstopt zit, dat bij lezing geactiveerd wordt. De gewraakte e-mail berichten kunnen de volgende opschriften hebben: "Join the crew", "Penpal greetings" en "Returned or Unable to Deliver".

n.v.t. (e-mailbericht)

2 september 1997

Viruses, `The Mystery Glitch', etc.

Nick Neumann    Nick Neumann   

Martijn Boermans    Martijn Boermans   

Henk Harmsen    Henk Harmsen   

Theo Meder    Theo Meder   

IBM    IBM   

Trojan Horse    Trojan Horse   

Broodje Aap    Broodje Aap   

ID Systems    ID Systems   

Internet    Internet   

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