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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 15:07:04 +0100
From: Lucy Smallwood <lucy@mcg.gla.ac.uk>
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This virus warning is a hoax. Please can we not send virus hoaxes to
Britdisc. If you're unsure - check the symantec web site where they list
all hoaxes:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html

Lucy, Mud Culture
P.S. Apologies to everyone for more mail on this subject.

Lewis wrote:

>  -----Original Message-----From: Chris & Becs <becschris@cwcom.net>
> To: adam puk <adam-puk@cwcom.net>
> Date: 27 April 1999 18:06
> Subject: virus warningWARNING
>
> 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 a very dangerous virus, much worse than "Melissa",
> and
> that there is NO remedy for it at this time.
>
> Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the re-format
> function from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase
> all documents on the hard drive.   It has been designed to work
> with Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.  It
> destroys MacIntosh and IBM compatible 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 this threat
> 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 .
>
>
>
>
>