Ron As others say, this is so obviously a hoax that I'm surprised anyone would fall for it (just think about what it says). However, you have fallen into the trap by obeying the first sentence: the object of the idiots who perpetrate this kind of thing is they hope to create a snowball effect of e-mail messages until the Internet grinds to a halt, causing maximum inconvenience. This is the "virus" and you have helped to propagate it: thanks a lot! Brian Ron Waugh wrote: > > 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. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------