The e-mail message is the virus itself only if the to: or cc: list is extremely large.This may bring down a local network. It happened to us last week. The to: list was over a meg. ---------- From: DesignerCouncil Mail Forum. Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 1997 8:55 AM To: DesignerCouncil Subject: Re: [DESIGNERCOUNCIL] FW: [Fwd: Fw: FRO FYI....an e-mail file cannot execute a virus. This is a joke e-mail. I have received many similar to it. They all say the same basic thing. IT IS A JOKE!!!!! >---------- >From: Dave Wilson[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 1997 8:11 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [DESIGNERCOUNCIL] FW: [Fwd: Fw: FROM SATCH >IMPORTANT....PLEASEREAD........] > >---------- >From: [log in to unmask][SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Monday, September 08, 1997 3:49 PM >To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; >[log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] >Subject: Fw: [Fwd: Fw: FROM SATCH IMPORTANT....PLEASE READ........] > > F.Y.I. - I thought it might be important to forward. > > >______________________________ Forward Header >__________________________________ >Subject: Fw: [Fwd: Fw: FROM SATCH IMPORTANT....PLEASE READ........] >Author: "Ned Milana" <[log in to unmask]> at Internet-gateway >Date: 9/8/97 2:00 PM > > > > >---------- >> From: [log in to unmask] >> To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; >[log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; >[log in to unmask] >> Subject: Fwd: [Fwd: Fw: FROM SATCH IMPORTANT....PLEASE READ........] >> Date: Monday, September 08, 1997 8:52 AM >> >> >> --------------------- >> Forwarded message: >> From: [log in to unmask] (lawrence a. sherman) >> Reply-to: [log in to unmask] >> To: [log in to unmask] (Joe na) >> Date: 97-09-07 19:42:58 EDT >> >> >> >> -------------------- >> Received: from tci.totcon.com (tci.totcon.com [206.72.144.3]) by >> vixa.voyager.net (8.8.5/CICNet) with ESMTP id MAA15866 for >> <[log in to unmask]>; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 12:12:48 -0400 (EDT) >> Received: from default (dbpm1-02.tcidb.net [207.100.20.12]) >> by tci.totcon.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA29091; >> Sun, 7 Sep 1997 12:17:28 -0400 >> Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> >> From: "paul frame" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: "Larry Sherman" <[log in to unmask]>, "Jerry" <[log in to unmask]>, >> "gabby" <[log in to unmask]>, >> "Eileen Wooten" <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: Fw: FROM SATCH IMPORTANT....PLEASE READ........ >> Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 12:09:52 -0700 >> X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >> X-Priority: 3 >> X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1162 >> MIME-Version: 1.0 >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> >> >> >> ---------- >> > From: paul frame <[log in to unmask]> >> > To: Larry Sherman <[log in to unmask]>; Jerry <[log in to unmask]>; gabby >> <[log in to unmask]>; Eileen Wooten <[log in to unmask]> >> > Subject: FROM SATCH IMPORTANT....PLEASE READ........ >> > Date: Sunday, September 07, 1997 12:05 PM >> > >> > From - Sun Sep 07 12:01:38 1997 >> > Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions >> > >> > >> > Subject: FW: New Virus >> > Importance: High >> > >> > WARNING!!!!!! If you receive an e-mail titled "JOIN THE CREW" DO NOT >> > open it! >> > It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive! Send this letter out to as >> > many people you can.......this is a new virus and not many people know >> > about it! >> > This information was received this morning from IBM, please share it >> > with anyone that might access the Internet. >> > Also, If anyone receives mail entitled; PENPAL GREETINGS! please delete >> > it WITHOUT reading it!! This is a warning for all Internet users - >> > there is a dangerous virus propagating 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 in box, and >> > who's mail is in their in box and so on. If this virus keeps getting >> > passed, it has the potential to do a 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, 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!!!! >> > Please pass this along to everyone you know so this can be stopped. >> > PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS!!! WARNING !!! >> > There is a new virus going around in the last couple of days!!! >> > DO NOT open or even look at any mail that you get that says: "Returned >> > or Unable to Deliver" This virus will attach itself to your computer >> > components and render them useless. Immediately delete any mail items >> > that says this. AOL has said this is a very dangerous virus, and there >> > is NO remedy for it at this time, Please Be Careful, And forward to >> > all your on-line friends A.S.A.P. >> > Forward this A.S.A.P. to every single person you know!!!!!!!!! >> > >> > ------- End of Forwarded Message > > > __________________________________ Scott Buscomb, Senior CAD Designer [log in to unmask] voice 770 338-6170 MTCC/Panasonic, Pager Development 1225 Northbrook Pkwy, Ste 2-358 Suwanee, GA USA 30024 __________________________________