><<  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!!!!!!!!! >>

>Return-Path: <>
>Delivered-To: hos...@iquest.net
>Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 02:07:38 -0400
>From: Andi Bennett-Banks <phoenixri...@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: phoenixri...@earthlink.net
>To: CKny...@aol.com
>CKny...@aol.com wrote:

>> <<WARNING!!!!!! If you receive an e-mail titled "JOIN THE  CREW" DO

>           *********THIS IS A HOAX!!!!*******************

>   I am a student of a computer trade school and have studied viruses.
>Let me pass on some hard and cold facts about them.

>   OPENING EMAIL WILL NOT GIVE YOU A VIRUS! OPENING ATTACHMENTS COULD.
>Also be wary of anyone who tries to "give" you macros for MS Word. Those
>have also been known to carry viruses.
>   The "Join The Crew" and "Good Times" viruses have been circulating
>for a LONG TIME and are complex hoaxes. "Good Times" has been floating
>around for at least 10 years! They make the rounds regularly so just
>ignore it. Delete references to it, don't pass it on. It's garbage.
>   There are TWO kinds of computer viruses. One lives in your
>application software. These can and will be caught by any decent
>anti-virus program writeen in the last 5 years and, from what I
>understand, are the most common type of all known viruses. The other
>type lives in the boot sector of your harddrive and WILL NOT be touched
>by any anti-virus program. The only one I know of by name is "Monkey-B"
>which first infects the way your printer and other peripherials are
>handled. Boot viruses are very bad news because their symptoms will be
>caught and handled by Norton/MacAfee/etc, but the virus is still there.
>It will go dorment for up to several months then strike again. The only
>way to get rid of it is to either replace your harddrive completely OR
>call up a tech who knows what they're doing (and has the appropriate
>software to zero out the 1st 20 sectors of the drive).
>   Most boot viruses are transmitted by infected disks, from my
>understanding. But with the growing use of email and attachments, I
>would be very, very cautious about opening anything before it's gone
>thru your scanning programs.
>   There are only about 1000 varieties of computer viruses in the world.
>If you have an anti-virus program written by a good company (Norton or
>MacAfee were reccommended by my professor) in the last 5 years, you're
>probably covered. Constant updating isn't necessary, but it's never a
>bad idea to CYA.

>    Hope that helps to clear up any misperceptions.

>        --Andi

On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Lin wrote:
> This is something I found in my E-mail from a friend that I want to share
> with you.

Lin wrote:

> This is something I found in my E-mail from a friend that I want to share
> with you.

> ><<  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!

><<  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!!!!!!!!! >>

Lin wrote:

> This is something I found in my E-mail from a friend that I want to share
> with you.