Please folks, practice some critical thinking skills before passing on
every email you receive warning of some new and deadly virus. Take the time
to verify what you receive. At the least, check a couple of reliable
sources. The info below was cut and pasted from Symantec's (a popular
anti-virus software publisher) web page.
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Guts to Say Jesus Hoax
VirusName:
Guts to Say Jesus Hoax
Aliases:
Jesus
Infection Length:
Hoax
Area of Infection:
Hoax
Likelihood:
Hoax
Region Reported:
EMail
Characteristics:
Hoax
Target Platform:
Hoax
Target Date:
Hoax
Description:
"Guts to Say Jesus" Hoax is not a virus and is a hoax. It
is a
sham, meant only to panic new or inexperienced computer
users. The hoax message includes the following warning
with the title of "".
VIRUS WARNING !!!!!!!
If you receive an email titled "It Takes Guts to
Say 'Jesus'" DO NOT open it. It will erase
everything on your hard drive. Forward this
letter out to as many people as you can. This is a
new, very malicious virus and not many people
know about it. This information was announced
yesterday morning from IBM; please share it
with everyone that might access the internet.
Once again, pass this along to EVERYONE in
your address book so that this may be stopped.
Also, do not open or even look at any mail 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 say this.
AOL has said that this is a very dangerous virus
and that there is NO remedy for it at this time.
Please practice cautionary measures and forward
this to all your online friends ASAP.
Please ignore any messages regarding this supposed
"virus" and do not pass on any messages regarding it.
Passing on messages about this hoax on serves only to
further propagate it.
Write-up by: Motoaki Yamamura
January 14, 1999
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Penn State York
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