RARA-AVIS: VIRUS ALERT>>>>>
Peter Walker (pw@pw.cablenet.co.uk)
Fri, 23 Apr 1999 19:08:22 +0000
If you receive an email titled "It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus' "
DO NOT OPEN IT!!!. It will erase everything on your hard
drive.
This information> > was announced yesterday morning from
IBM; AOL
states that this is avery dangerous virus, much worse than
"Melissa",
and that there is NO remedy for it at this.> > Some very
sick
individual has succeeded in using the re-format> >
function from
Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all
documentson the hard drive. It has been designed to work
with
Netscape Navigatorand Microsoft Internet Explorer. It
destroy
MacIntosh and IBMcompatible computers. This is a new, very
malicious
virus and not many people know about it. Pass this warning
along to
EVERYONE in your address book and please share it with all
your
online friends ASAP so that thisthreat may be stopped.
Please
practice cautionary measures and tell
anyone that may have access to your computer.
Forward this warning to everyone that might access the
internet.
Peter
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