John:
This isn't the first time you've passed on a virus hoax. Please check, next
time, before you scare everyone.
It's very easy to check first. I did a Google search with the search string:
virus it takes guts to say jesus. The first hit was
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jesus-hoax.html.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of kilopascal
> Sent: April 19, 2001 12:10
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:12320] Fw: A very BAD Virus
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> Sent: Thursday, 2001-04-19 10:57
> Subject: A very BAD Virus
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>
> Subject: BAD, BAD VIRUS
> > >
> > >
> > > I thought you might be interested in this.
> > > PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR.
> > >
> > > If you receive an email titled: "It Takes Guts To Say Jesus"
> DO NOT OPEN
> > IT!! It will erase everything on your hard drive.
> > > This information was announced yesterday morning from IBM; AOL states
> > > that this is a very dangerous virus, much worse than
> > > "Melissa," and that there is NO Remedy for it at this time.
> > > Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the reformat function
> > > from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all documents on
> > > the hard drive. It has been designed to work with Netscape
> > > Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh
> > > and IBM compatible computers.
> > > This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people
> > > know about it.
> > > Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book
> > > and please share it with all your online friends ASAP so that this
> threat
> > maybe stopped.
> > > Please practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that
> > > may have access to your computer. Forward this warning to
> everyone that
> > might access the Internet.
> > >
> > > Joyce L. Bober
> > > IBM Information Systems Pittsburgh Mailing Systems
> > > 412 - 922-8744
> > >
> > >Jerry Mann
> > Patti
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://sites.netscape.net/marpacusa/links.html
> >
> >
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