FWD: New Viruses

[MDOLAN <mdolan@citizen.org>]

  FORWARDED MESSAGE from Jason Stele (JSTELE@CITIZEN) at 9/15/97 2:04 PM
  >FORWARDED MESSAGE from  (MAINERUS@SMTP {Mainerus@aol.com}) at 9/14/97 4:03
  >PM
  >I believe this to be a legit alert.
  >
  >Bob
  >---------------------
  >Forwarded message:
  >Subj:    Fwd: New Viruses
  >Date:    97-09-14 14:52:49 EDT
  >From:    Jaco2
  >To:      MJVallette,Mainerus
  >
  >
  >---------------------
  >Forwarded message:
  >Subj:    New Viruses
  >Date:    97-09-13 23:45:40 EDT
  >From:    MyMonkums
  >To:      NimNut007,GFunk371,Rehabguy
  >To:      LaRana99,HankDiesel,Corbis29
  >To:      NUKE IT 08,Moolit4,TTH,Hillsey
  >To:      GLR3,MikeyBeast,Beffers81,Jaco2
  >To:      SpitFireZX,Fhisch,VAMPY,RoTciV97
  >To:      RSidetrack,ThrashrJ80,Spunky 01
  >To:      Sac77,ACDPTH
  >To:      pam_schaffert@detrick.army.mil
  >
  >     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 IBM, please 
  share
  >it with anyone that might access the Internet.
  >     Also, if anyone receives mail entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" please
  >delete
  >it WITHOUT reading it!!  This is a warning for all Internet users - there
  >is
  >a dangerous virus propagating across the Internet through an e-mail 
  message
  >entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!".
  >     DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MESSAGE ENTITLED "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 who's
  >e-mail address is present in YOUR mailbox! This virus will DESTROY your
  >hard
  >drive, and holds the potential to DESTROY the hard drive of anyone whose
  >mail
  >is in your in box, and who's mail is in  their in box and so on.  If this
  >virus keeps getting passed, it has the potential to do a  great deal of
  >DAMAGE to computer networks worldwide!! Please, delete the message 
  entitled
  >"PENPAL GREETINGS!" as soon as you see it!  And pass this  message along 
  to
  >all of your friends, relatives and the other readers of the newsgroups and
  >mailing lists which you are on so that they are not hurt by this dangerous
  >virus!!!!
  >     Please pass this along to everyone you know so this can be stopped.
  >PASS
  >THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS!!! WARNING !!!  There is a new virus going arround
  >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
  >your computer components and render them useless. Immediately delete any
  >mail
  >items that says this. AOL has said this is a very danderous virus, and
  >there
  >is NO remedy for it
  >at this time, please be careful, and forward to all your on-line friends
  >A.S.A.P.
  >
  >                      Forward this A.S.A.P. to every single person you
  >know!!
  >***** NOTES from Jessica Vallette (VALLETTE @ CITIZEN) at 9/15/97 9:44 AM
  >
  >
  >Message Forwarded to:  mail@smtp {stelej@aol.com}
  ===== Comments by JSTELE@CITIZEN (Jason Stele) at 9/15/97 2:03 pm
  ***** NOTES from MDOLAN (MDOLAN @ CITIZEN) at 9/15/97 2:09 PM