[at-l] Fw: New virus discovered.

[lvb@mindspring.com (Linda Benschop)]

> DO NOT OPEN ANYTHING WITH "A VIRTUAL CARD FOR YOU!"
> ---------------------- Forwarded by Jan Benschop/Raleigh/TEKELEC on
01/16/2001
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> Tuan Nguyen
> 01/16/2001 10:36 AM
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> To:   eagle, eaglesoft
> cc:
> Subject:  New virus discovered.
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> All,
>      A new virus has just been discovered that has been
> classified by Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/  and
> by McAfee http://www.mcafee.com/ as the most
> destructive ever! This virus was discovered yesterday
> afternoon by McAfee and no vaccine has yet been
> developed.  This virus simply destroys Sector Zero
> from the hard disk, where vital information for its
> functioning are stored. This virus acts in the
> following manner:
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> It sends itself automatically to all contacts on your
> list with the  title "A Virtual Card for You". As soon
> as the supposed virtual card is opened, the computer
> freezes so that the user has to reboot.The virus
> destroys Sector Zero, thus permanently destroying the
> hard disk. Yesterday in just a few hours this virus
> caused panic in New York, according to news broadcast
> by CNN ( <http://www.cnn.com/> ). This alert was
> received by an employee of Microsoft itself. So don't
> open any mails with subject "A Virtual Card
> for You". As soon as you get the mail, delete it.


This comes from a professional source and is really serious.
Hummingbird
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