This looks an awful lot like the message for the "Good Times" virus that
turned out to be a joke.  I've seen several arguments from computer
techies (of which I am not one) that state that viruses cannot be passed
via e-mail unless there is an attachment.  Something about how e-mail is
text-only, not an executable program.  Note there is no area code for
the informational phone number.  Food for thought.
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Subject: Virus Alert
Date: Thursday, December 12, 1996 3:20PM

     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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