Another hoax?  My daughter just sent me this message which is making the
rounds of Canadian federal gov't depts.  Since we personally  have had
experience with the MonkeyB virus, I am a little more cautious now.  Is
there a list of viruses (viri?) extant?
Thanks,
Lichen (AgeSmart Co-Owner)
 
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From: Steele, Anne: VAN
To: Pacific Region - Distribution
Subject: FW: VIRUS ALERT !!!!!!!
Date: Thursday, January 09, 1997 9:47AM
Priority: High
 
 
From: Lorimer, Wilma: GTIS
To: Dixon, Glenn: CBSC; Cannon, Daryll: C&I; Bottoms, Linda: C&I; Rudover,
Lindie: C&I; Wiseman, Ruth: C&I 5407RBS; Murray, PHIL: C&I; Vogel,
Marguerite: CRTC; Bullock, MA: HRDC; Gardiner, AH: HRDC; Henning, DC: HRDC;
Osborne, Donna: IC VIC; Jang, Frank: IC; Paugh, Gary: IC; Herrmann, Gord:
IC; Cartwright, Ivan: IC; Ball, Darlana: PCH; Pilon, Dominique: PCH;
Lacroix, Paul: PCH; Jang, Julie: WD VAN; GORING, W.R.; MacDonald, Marg: VIC;
steele, anne; McArthur, Lloyd; 'COUTINHO, FRANCE PCH   X400'; Sage, Dan
Subject: VIRUS ALERT !!!!!!!
Date: Thursday, January 09, 1997 12:14PM
 
for your information...........................thanks, Wilma Lorimer
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Subject:  VIRUS ALERT !!!!!!!
Date: January 8, 1997 13:46
 
I've tried to cover a lot of people with this one.  Please forward to any
other interested individuals you may know of.
 
For your info: VIRUS ALERT FORWARDED TO US.>
 
 
Importance:  High
>
>If anyone receives mail entitled: PENPAL GREETINGS! please delete it
WITHOUT
>reading it.  Below is a little explanation of the message, and what it
would
>do to your PC if you were to read the message.
>
>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 inbox, and who's mail is in
>their inbox, and so on.  If this virus remains unchecked, 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 and 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!!!!