-----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 12:10 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Virus Alert Subject: Virus alert |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Dear End Users: | | | |The example below is that of a hoax regarding a virus. Hoaxes and hypes | |are the wild rumors, fact-free virus scares, and outright fabrications | |that seem to circulate like the common cold. If you should encounter | |e-mail that should consist of this type of content, do not contribute to | |the problem by forwarding the note to your colleagues. Although your | |intentions may be good, you are actually contributing to the problem. | |Check the following Website to determine the validity of these types of | |notes. | | | |http://w3.virus.ers.ibm.com | | | |Do not take it upon yourself to report these virus related problems to | |the center. Report the problem to MIS. MIS will take appropriate action| |to report and/or contain the problem. | | | |MIS has established procedures to help you deal with a virus (Document | |link: Database 'DMS Technical: MIS', View 'Documents\All Approved | |Documents', Document 'Dealing with a Virus'). Please refer to(Document | |link: Database 'DMS Technical: MIS', View 'Documents\All Approved | |Documents', Document 'Dealing with a Virus')(Document link: Database 'DMS| |Technical: MIS', View 'Documents\All Approved Documents', Document | |'Dealing with a Virus') | |http://atlweb.ibmus2.ibm.com/dms/dmsmisop.nsf/WebDocs/MIS+Homeor | |http://w3.virus.ers.ibm.com for more information. | | | | | | | |EXAMPLE OF A HOAX! | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Subject: New Virus Information | |> | |> > This is VERY SERIOUS!!! Please forward to everyone you know...they | |> > will be grateful. There is a virus out now being sent to people via | |> > email..it is called the A.I.D.S. VIRUS. It will destroy your memory,| |> > sound, card and speakers, your drive and it will infect your mouse or| |> > pointing devices well as your keyboards making it so that you can't | |> > type and it will not register on the screen. It self terminates only | |> > after | |> > it eats 5MB of hard drive space & will delete all programs. It will | |> > come | |> > via E-mail called "OPEN: VERY COOL" DELETE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |> > IMMEDIATELY. It will basically render your computer useless. PASS | |THIS | |> > MESSAGE ON QUICKLY & TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS possible! | |> > | |> > Very urgent must read please- if you receive an e mail titled "WIN A| |> > HOLIDAY", DO NOT OPEN IT. It will erase everything on your hard | |drive. | |> > | |> > Forward this letter out to as many people as you can. This is a new,| |> > very malicious virus and not many people know about it. This | |> > information was announced yesterday morning from Microsoft. | | | |George Sarr | |Lead Technical Advisor-(Mobility Group) | |IBM Global Services | |kennesaw, GA | [log in to unmask] | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------