Please do a little research before forwarding messages like this one. 99%
of the time they are a hoax. The hoax information came from my anti-virus
web site and it took me less than 1 minute to look-up and see it was a hoax.
This saves my friends and colleagues computers from receiving JUNK MAIL!
Upgrade Internet 2 Hoax
Discovered on: October 3, 2000
Last Updated on: October 3, 2000 1:19:50 AM PST
The hoax email message reads as follows:
Subject: NEW VIRUS WITH NO CURE
PLEASE, SEND THIS INFORMATION TO EVERY PERSON IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK. IF YOU
RECEIVE AN E-MAIL THAT READS "UPGRADE INTERNET2" DO NOT OPEN IT, AS IT
CONTAINS AN EXECUTABLE NAMED "PERRI.EXE" IT WILL ERASE ALL THE DATA IN YOUR
HARD DRIVE AND IT WILL STAY IN MEMORY.
EVERY TIME THAT YOU UPLOAD ANY DATA, IT WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ERASED AND YOU
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE YOUR COMPUTER AGAIN. THIS INFORMATION WAS PUBLISHED
LAST THURSDAY, 10 AUGUST 2000 IN THE CNN WEB SITE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS
VIRUS. TO THIS DATE, THERE IS NO KNOWN ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM FOR THIS PARTICULAR
VIRUS.
PLEASE, FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR FRIENDS, SO THAT THEY WILL BE ON
THE ALERT. ALSO CHECK THE LIST BELOW, SENT BY IBM, WITH THE NAMES OF SOME
E-MAILS THAT, IF RECEIVED, SHOULD NOT BE OPENED AND MUST BE DELETED
IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN ATTACHED VIRUSES. THIS WAY YOUR COMPUTER
WILL BE SAVED.
THE TITLES ARE:
1) buddy1st.exe
2) calcu18r.exe
3) deathpr.exe
4) einstein.exe
5) happ.exe
6) girls.exe
7) happy99.exe
8) japanese.exe
9) keypress.exe
10)kitty.exe
11)monday.exe
12)teletubb.exe
13)The Phantom menace
14)prettypark.exe
15)UP-GRADE INTERNET2
16)perrin.exe
17)I love you
18)celcom Screen Saver o CELSAVER.EXE
19)Win a Holiday (e-mail)
20)JOIN THE CREW O PENPALS
ONCE AGAIN DO NOT OPEN THESE E-MAILS AND PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO YOUR
FRIENDS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Category: Hoax
Removal:
If you receive this email message, please ignore and delete it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Waugh [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 9:13 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [TN] Virus Alert - Please Read
PLEASE, SEND THIS INFORMATION TO EVERY PERSON IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK. IF YOU
RECEIVE AN E-MAIL THAT READS "UPGRADE INTERNET2" DO NOT OPEN IT, AS IT
CONTAINS
AN EXECUTABLE NAMED "PERRIN.EXE." IT WILL ERASE ALL THE DATA IN YOUR HARD
DRIVE
AND IT WILL STAY IN MEMORY. EVERY TIME THAT YOU UPLOAD ANY DATA, IT WILL BE
AUTOMATICALLY ERASED AND YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE YOUR COMPUTER AGAIN.
THIS
INFORMATION WAS PUBLISHED YESTERDAY IN THE CNN WEB SITE. THIS IS A VERY
DANGEROUS VIRUS. TO THIS DATE, THERE IS NO KNOWN ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM FOR THIS
PARTICULAR VIRUS. PLEASE, FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR FRIENDS, SO THAT
THEY
WILL BE ON THE ALERT. ALSO CHECK THE LIST BELOW, SENT BY IBM, WITH THE NAMES
OF
SOME E-MAILS THAT, IF RECEIVED, SHOULD NOT BE OPENED AND MUST BE DELETED
IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN ATTACHED VIRUSES. THIS WAY YOUR COMPUTER
WILL
BE SAFE. THE TITLES ARE:
01) buddylst.exe
02) calcu18r.exe
03) deathpr.exe
04) einstein.exe
05) happ.exe
06) girls.exe
07) happy99.exe
08) japanese.exe
09) keypress.exe
10) kitty.exe
11) monday.exe
12) teletubb.exe
13) The Phantom Menace
14) prettypark.exe
15) UP-GRADE INTERNET2
16) perrin.exe
17) I love You
18) CELCOM Screen Saver or CELSAVER.EXE
19) Win a Holiday (e-mail)
20) JOIN THE CREW O PENPALS
ONCE AGAIN,
DO NOT OPEN THESE E-MAILS AND PASS THIS INFORMATION ONTO YOUR FRIENDS AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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