John Teeter, I hope you read this and can answer my question. Or maybe
someone else on the list knows.
I get so tired of these mass virus warnings that go around, that are flukes,
that are false.
But they always get me worried that maybe there is something new that I
don't know. They raise enough doubt in my mind that I have to ask.
That below asserts that by reading one's mail a "Trojan horse" virus will be
introduced into the boot sector of one's hard drive, and wipe it out.
I thought that was not possible, just by reading one's mail!!!???
But what if the "mail" is a MS Word file, attached, and one opens the Word
file attachment, and it contains whatever a Word virus is called?
Can someone with expertise resolve my concern?
Thank you in advance ....
MoscowSam
scripter@uidaho.edu
>>> WARNING!!!!! WARNING!!!!! WARNING!!!!! WARNING!!!!! 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 an employee from
IBM,
>>> and should be shared with anyone that might access the internet.
>>>
>>> Also, if anyone received mail entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" delete it
>>> WITHOUT reading it. This is a warning for all internet users. This
is
>>>
>>> a dangerous virus propagating across the internet through e-mail
>>> message. DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MESSAGES CALLED "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's e-mail address present in
>>> YOUR mailbox.
>>>
>>> This virus will DESTROY your hard drive and holds potential to
destroy
>>>
>>> the hard drive of anyone else in your in-box and who's mail is in
>>> their in-box and so on. If this virus keeps getting passed along,
it
>>> has the potential to do a great deal of damage to computer networks
>>> worldwide!
>>>
>>> DELETE the message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" as soon as you see
it
>>> and pass it along to your friends, relatives, and other readers of
the
>>>
>>> newsgroups and mailing lists which you are on so that they are not
>>> hurt by the virus. This virus IS A NEW VIRUS that has started going
>>> around 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 our computer components and render them
>>> useless. Immediately delete any mail items that says this.
>>>
>>> AOL has said this is a very dangerous virus, and there is NO remedy
>>> for it at this time. This message should be forwarded to every
single
>>>
>>> person you know.