Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Al Newsgroups: control,scee.yaroze.event,scee.yaroze.freetalk.english,scee.yaroze.mydemos,scee.yaroze.problems.internet,scee.yaroze.profile Subject: Re: Virus Alert Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 01:37:42 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 44 Message-ID: <37BCA356.A2CCB813@breathemail.net> References: <7pgtck$htr15@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <37BC3257.C04D2C69@easynet.co.uk> Reply-To: admars32@bigfoot.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.247.246.31 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en,ja Xref: chuka.playstation.co.uk control:197 scee.yaroze.event:165 scee.yaroze.freetalk.english:4517 scee.yaroze.mydemos:505 scee.yaroze.problems.internet:92 scee.yaroze.profile:181 The only Virus warnings I believe are the ones at www.symantec.com, or www.mcaffee.com etc :) The funny thing is is that they have pages devoted to hoax viruses because of this! Think about it, wouldn't an email with subject "warning virus" be a really good way to spread a virus? i know you were just trying to be helpful and considerate but at the end of the day emails like this are just a pain and waste of bandwidth. Al Philip Gooch wrote: > > Aaron Gandaa wrote: > > > Hi, All... > > > > I recieved this communication from my boss a few seconds ago > > > > I M P O R T A N T I N F O R M A T I O N > > > > A NEW VIRUS > > > > It will arrive on e-mail titled "CALIFORNIA". IBM and AOL have announced > > that it is VERY powerful, more so than Melissa, there is no7F00,0000,0000 > > remedy. It will destroy all your information on the hard drive and > > it 7F00,0000,0000 also destroys Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet > > Explorer. Do not open anything with this title and please pass this message > > onto all your contacts and anyone who uses your e-mail facility. Not many > > people seem to know about this yet, so propagate it as fast as possible! > > The virus is this message that gets forwarded to everyone and you've just > propagated it! > > Phil -- http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/3657/ music 'n' computers 'n' piercing 'n' stuff