Okay, now you do realize...

Posted by JuggleEwok from spider-wd053.proxy.aol.com on February 02, 2001 at 13:37:46:

In Reply to: READ THIS! VIRUS WARNING! posted by ROY from The Temple of Tales. on February 02, 2001 at 08:52:19:

The mere act of opening an email is NOT, I repeat, NOT capable of spreading a virus. Viruses can only be spread by actual attached files or executable programs. So don't download any strange files and you'll be okay.

: 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.

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Don't be too sure... Jay 18:48:09 2/02/2001 (1)
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: The mere act of opening an email is NOT, I repeat, NOT capable of spreading a virus.  Viruses can only be spread by actual attached files or executable programs.  So don't download any strange files and you'll be okay.

: : 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.

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