Hi all I recieved this warning today and thought I would pass it on It may
be a false alarm , but I dont know
Cheers Ian
>
>4 VERY SERIOUS WARNINGS!!!!
>
> WARNING No. 1
> If you receive any CELCOM Screen Saver. Pls. do not install it!!!!!!
> This screen saver is very cool. It shows a NOKIA hand phone, with time
> messages. After it is activated, the PC cannot boot up at all. It goes
>
> very slow. It destroys your hard disk. The filename is
> CELLSAVER.EXE
>
> WARNING No. 2
> Beware! if someone named <SandMan> asks you to check
> out his page. DO NOT! It is at: www.geocities.com/vienna/6318
> This page hacks into your C:\drive. DO NOT GO THERE...
>
> FORWARD THIS MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW.
>
> Warning No. 3
> SEND THIS TO EVERYONE IN YOUR CONTACT LIST! THIS IS NO JOKE, OK?
> WARNING: If you get an E-mail titled : "Win A Holiday" DO NOT open it.
> Delete it immediately. Microsoft just announced yesterday. It is a
> malicious virus that WILL ERASE YOUR HARD DRIVE . At this time there is
>
> no remedy. Forward this to everyone IMMEDIATELY!!
>
> Warning No. 4
> W A R N I N G ! ! ! ! ! ! ! If you receive an e-mail titled JOIN THE
> CREW or PEN PALS DO NOT open it!!!!! It will erase EVERYTHING on your
> hard drive! PENPAL 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 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 box!!! This virus will destroy your hard drive and holds the
> potential to DESTROY the hard drive of anyone whose mail is in your box
>
> and whose mail is in their box and so on and on!!!!!! So delete any
> message titled PENPAL or JOIN THE CREW this virus can do major DAMAGE
> to world-wide networks!!!!
>
> PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND PEOPLE IN YOUR
> MAILBOXES.
>
>AOL HAS SAID THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS VIRUS AND THERE IS NO REMEDY FOR
> THIS YET.
>
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