Re: (>H) META-ish: Virus warning

jamesr@best.com
Thu, 31 Oct 1996 14:27:20 +0000


Looks like a recycle of the "Good Times" hoax. You can't get a virus
by reading your mail, even if there is a virus attached. The
technology doesn't work that way.

-James Rogers
jamesr@best.com

> I received this today from a friend. It seems to be worth passing on to you all.
>
> Sarah
>
> >>>> There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet.
> >>>> If you receive an e-mail message with the subject line "Irina", DO NOT
> >>>> read the message. DELETE it immediately.
> >>>> Some miscreant is sending people files under the title "Irina".
> >>>> If you receive this mail or file, do not download it. It has a
> >>>> virus that rewrites your hard drive, obliterating anything on it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Please be careful and forward this mail to anyone you care about.
>
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> Sarah Kathryn Marr
> sarah.marr@dial.pipex.com http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/sarah.marr/
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