To quote from the Symantec web site - www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html:

Although there are thousands of viruses discovered each year, there are 
still some that only exist in the imaginations of the public and the 
press. This is the comprehensive list of viruses that DO NOT EXIST, 
despite rumor of their creation and distribution.

Please ignore any messages regarding these supposed "viruses" and do not 
pass on any messages about them. Passing on messages about these hoaxes 
only serves to further propagate them.

- 3b Trojan (alias PKZIP Virus)
- Deeyenda
- Free Money
- Ghost
- Good Times
- Irina
- Penpal Greetings


If you have any questions, please contact any of the antivirus companies, 
or feel free to contact me at IPC. Hope this helps.

Karla Dahan
Network Administrator
IPC
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847-509-9700 x343
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On Thu, 12 Dec 1996 [log in to unmask] wrote:

>      FYI
>      
>      John Gulley
> 
>      
>      
>      If anyone receives mail entitled: PENPAL GREETINGS! please delete it 
>      WITHOUT reading it.  Below is a little explanation of the message, and 
>      what it would do to your PC if you were to read the message.  If you 
>      have any questions or concerns please contact  SAF-IA Info Office on 
>      697-5059.
>      
>      This is a warning for all internet users - there is a dangerous virus 
>      propogating 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 inbox, and     who's mail
> is in their inbox, and so on.  If this virus remains     unchecked, it has the 
> potential to do
> 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 and 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!!!!
>      
>      
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