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) ---------- 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 ---------- 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!!!!