Pierre, this is a hoax. Every year we get one or two of these.
E-mail in and of itself can never be a virus, it IS NOT AN EXECUTABLE
FILE. That is the basic principle behind it. If there is an
attachment along with the e-mail that is deliberately downloaded and
executed, yes it can be a virus. From all the information provided,
it is not such a thing.
keith
On 6 Mar 1997 11:28:02 GMT, "Pierre AUBINEAU"
<pierre.aubineau at hippocrate.u-bordeaux2.fr> wrote:
>Received this morning by e-mail:
>>"DANGER -- DANGER -- DANGER"
>> This is a warning for all internet users. There is a dangerous virus
>propogating cross the internet through an e-mail message entitled
>"PENPAL GREETINGS!"
>> If you receive mail entitled PENPAL GREETINGS!! ... DELETE IT
>IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT READING IT! See the explanation below. If you have
>questions or concerns, please contact SAF-IA Info. Office at (512)
>697-5059.
>> AGAIN -- DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MESSGE ENTITLED "PENPAL GREETINGS!"
>> The message appears to be a friendly letter asking if you are
>interested in a penpal, but by the time you read it, 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-eplicating virus, and
>once the message is read,it will AUTOMATICALLY forward itself to anyone
>whose e-mail address is present in YOUR mailbox!
>> The virus will DESTROY your hard drive, and holds the potential to
>DESTROY the hard drive of anyone whose mail is in your inbox, and whose
>mail in is 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 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 they will not be hurt by this virus!"
>>--
>pierre.aubineau at hippocrate.u-bordeaux2.fr
