FYI
The U.S. Dept. of Energy keeps a list of virus hoaxes at
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html. The AOL4FREE is one of
them. The real virus is that it slows down the internet by everyone
sending out warning messages.
Dave Strecker
Rockwell Automation/A-B
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Subject: Re: URGENT WARNING VIRUS ALERT
Author: drilbert <[log in to unmask]> at Internet
Date: 4/15/97 7:34 PM
Srinu Valluripalli wrote:
>
> ----------
> From: [log in to unmask][SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 15 April 1997 09:33
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: FW: URGENT WARNING VIRUS ALERT
>
> ----------
> From: Allen, Rob
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 1997 11:27 AM
> To: EveryOne
> Subject: FW: URGENT WARNING VIRUS ALERT
>
> ----------
> From: Barbag, Sam
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 1997 8:26 AM
> To: Barbag, Sam; Beckford, Faithlyn; Brzustowicz, Floyd; Busel,
> Terri; Carpinteyro, Araceli; DeGarcia, Arnold; Duggirala, Murali;
> Economos, Maria; Flaherty, Jude; Gomez, Joseph; Griff, Donna;
> Grillone, Patti; Henness, Mark; Jenkins, Verone; Jones, Shildia L.;
> Lambert, Robert; Leyenberger, Art; Moszenberg, Abe; Pitti, Monica;
> Ramage, Dave; Rockwell, David; Samant, Deepa; Sliker, Candis; Stasio,
> Marc; Szablowski, Walter; Tripathi, Aparna (A.); Virgilio, Michael;
> Vizneau, Dana; Weiskott, Marc; White, James; Wilson, Veronica
> Subject: FW: URGENT WARNING VIRUS ALERT
>
> FYI!!!!!!
>
> >
> >> ----------
> >>From: Levine, Ed M.
> >>To: iamsupport; PDL, iam
> >>Subject: FW: URGENT WARNING - PC/Laptop crashing virus
> >>Date: Thursday, April 10, 1997 3:35PM
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> !!!!!VIRUS ALERT - READ THIS ENTIRE MESSAGE!!!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >> VIRUS ALERT!!!
> >> DON'T OPEN E-MAIL NOTING "AOL4FREE"
> >>
> >>
> >>Anyone who receives this warning message must sent it to as many
> people
> >>as
> >> you can. It is essential that this problem be reconciled as soon
> as
> >>possible.
> >> A few hours ago, I opened an E-mail that had the subject heading
> of
> >> "AOL4FREE.COM".
> >>
> >>
> >> Within seconds of opening it, a window appeared and began
> >> to display my files that were being deleted. I immediately shut
> down
> >>my
> >> computer, but it was too late. This virus wiped me out. It ate
> the
> >>Anti-Virus
> >> Software that comes with the Windows '95 Program along with
> F-Prot
> >>AVS.
> >> Neither was able to detect it. Please be careful and send this
> to as
> >>many people as possible, so maybe this new virus can be eliminated.
> >>
> >> ----------
> >> VIRUS ALERT!!!
> >>
> >> DON'T OPEN E-MAIL NOTING "AOL4FREE"
> >>
> >> Be aware that there are letters going around that you have won
> free
> >>Aol
> >> until 1998....or AOL 4 free...... PLEASE DELETE...... contains
> a
> >>virus that
> >> will wipe out your harddrive...... after you download and it
> >>executes.....
> >>
> >>
> >> SUBJECT AREA OF EMAIL....... CONGRATULATIONS! You are a WINNER!
> >>
> >>
> >> SUBJECT AREA OF EMAIL.......AOL 4 Free - Get AOL For Free
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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Not to worry. Anyone with any sense wouldn't bother opening email from
America Online.
Drilbert
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