Theos-Talk Archives (January 2001 Message tt00029)

Jan 5th 2001

IMPORTANT

WARNING

DALLAS

D T B 

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>>From a trusted source

Taft
Subject: FW: Virus Alert

> Subject: "VIRUS WITH NO CURE"
>
> "VIRUS WITH NO CURE"

> PLEASE, SEND THIS INFORMATION TO EVERY PERSON IN
> YOUR ADDRESS BOOK.
> IF YOU RECEIVE AN E-MAIL THAT READS

"UPGRADE INTERNET2" 

DO NOT OPEN IT, AS
> IT CONTAINS AN EXECUTABLE NAMED "PERRIN.EXE." IT
> WILL ERASE ALL THE DATA
> IN YOUR HARD DRIVE AND IT WILL STAY IN MEMORY.
> EVERY TIME THAT YOU UPLOAD
> ANY DATA, IT WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ERASED AND YOU
> WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE
> YOUR COMPUTER AGAIN. THIS INFORMATION WAS
> PUBLISHED YESTERDAY IN THE CNN
> WEB SITE.
>
> THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS VIRUS. TO THIS DATE,
> THERE IS NO KNOWN
> ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM FOR THIS PARTICULAR VIRUS.
>
> PLEASE, FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR FRIENDS,
> SO THAT THEY WILL BE ON
>
> THE ALERT.
> ALSO CHECK THE LIST BELOW, SENT BY IBM, WITH THE
> NAMES OF SOME
> E-MAILS THAT, IF RECEIVED, SHOULD NOT BE OPENED
> AND MUST BE DELETED
> IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN ATTACHED
> VIRUSES. THIS WAY YOUR
> COMPUTER WILL BE SAFE.
>
> THE TITLES ARE:
> 1) buddylst.exe
> 2) calcu18r.exe
> 3) deathpr.exe
> 4) einstein.exe
> 5) happ.exe
> 6) girls.exe
> 7) happy99.exe
> 8) japanese.exe
> 9) keypress.exe
> 10) kitty.exe
> 11) monday.exe
> 12) teletubb.exe
> 13) The Phantom Menace
> 14) prettypark.exe
> 15) UP-GRADE INTERNET2
> 16) perrin.exe
> 17) I love You
> 18) CELCOM Screen Saver or CELSAVER.EXE
> 19) Win a Holiday (e-mail)
> 20) JOIN THE CREW O PENPALS
>
> ONCE AGAIN, DO NOT OPEN THESE E-MAILS AND PASS
> THIS INFORMATION
>
> 
>