READ THIS! VIRUS WARNING!

Posted by ROY from The Temple of Tales. from webcache-11.p.ps.ifl.net on February 02, 2001 at 08:52:19:

I've been notified by Microsoft and Mc Afee of two new nasty virus'.
The first is an 'intelligent' virus that actually reads your address book and forwards itself to all your contacts, in YOUR NAME!
It then proceeds to destroy Sector 0 of your hard drive, making it impossible to re format - your hard drive is well and truly dead! The only remedy is a new hard drive.
The e-mail comes as a file from a friend, called 'A VIRTUAL CARD FOR YOU'
If you recieve it, even if it looks genuine, DON'T OPEN IT.
Once opened, your machine instantly freezes. You HAVE to turn it off. The next time you boot up, the virus is activated. You can't stop it.
DELETE THE E-MAIL BEFORE READING IT, AND CHECK IT'S NOT EVEN IN THE RECYCLED BIN, OR DELETED FILES LIST.
The second virus is an e-mail called 'PRETTY PARK'.
Again, DELETE IT AND REMOVE ALL TRACES. DON'T OPEN IT.
Good luck, Roy.
P.S. Thanks to Microsoft and McAfee for notification.

Follow Ups:

• Don't be too sure... Jay 18:47:26 2/02/2001 (6)
  • But wait a second... JuggleEwok 00:28:49 2/03/2001 (0)
  • Good that most viruses are made to attack PCs, not Macs! (nm) Fall Guy 22:31:18 2/02/2001 (4)
    • nobody wants to bother with macs, they aren't worth it (nm) DirtyFrank 14:00:19 2/03/2001 (3)
      • You just insulted the webmaster. Micah will be sad! :p Fall Guy 17:23:21 2/03/2001 (2)
        • yeah...uh..i FORGOT to put a smiley face on that...yeah thats it...a smiley face...forgot....yeah thats the ticket...(nm) DirtyFrank 12:04:32 2/04/2001 (1)
          • Oh, you're excused! :) (nm) Fall Guy 12:16:06 2/04/2001 (0)
• Re: READ THIS! VIRUS WARNING! DirtyFrank 13:41:58 2/02/2001 (0)
• Okay, now you do realize... JuggleEwok 13:37:46 2/02/2001 (2)
  • Don't be too sure... Jay 18:48:09 2/02/2001 (1)
    • Ack! JuggleEwok 00:27:02 2/03/2001 (0)
• Re: READ THIS! VIRUS WARNING! Zippy 11:55:18 2/02/2001 (0)
• Virus Hoax Indiana Banzai 10:54:03 2/02/2001 (0)

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