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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