[Fwd: Virus-alert]

["Katariina RXbbelen" <moldenhauer_koop _at__ public.uni-hamburg.de>]

Hallo Liste!
Was ist mit der Virusmeldung? Ernstnehmen oder nicht, was sagen die Experten?
Ansonsten, bitte zur Kenntnis nehmen:

> >>> Please note the below information.>
> >>>
> >>> If you receive an e-mail titiled "JOIN THE CREW" or "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 thisletter, it is
> >TOO
> >>> late.
> >>> The Trojan horse Virus will have already infected the
> >>> bootsector 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.
> >>> ThisVirus can do major DAMAGE to worldwide networks!
> >>> PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND PEOPLE IN YOUR
> >>> MAIL BOXES. 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.!
> >
> ------------------------


Gruß, K. Roebbelen
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Katariina Roebbelen
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