Hi,
Thought you might be interested in the attached.
Joe Slavin
attached mail follows:
THE FOLLOWING VIRUS ALERT HAS JUST COME THROUGH NESA .... PLEASE MAKE
> >NOTE OF THE IDENTITY NAMES TO THE VIRUSES AND POST IT NOTE THEM ON YOUR
> >SCREENS.
> >
> > To all,
> >
> > Please take care when opening attachments from unrecognised sources.
> >
> > Four serious warnings:
> >
> > WARNING No. 1
> > =============
> > If you receive any CELCOM Screen Saver, please 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
> >slowly. 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 <http://www.geocities/>. This page hacks into
> >your C:/drive.
> >
> > DO NOT GO THERE...FORWARD THIS MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW.
> >
> > WARNING No. 3
> > =============
> > If you get an E-mail titled "Win A Holiday" DO NOT open it. Delete
it
> >immediately. Microsoft just announced it yesterday. It is a malicious
virus
> >that WILL ERASE YOUR HARD DRIVE.
> >
> > At this time there is no remedy.
> >
> > Forward this to everyone IMMEDIATELY!! 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.
> >
> > WARNING No. 4
> > =============
> > If you receive an email titled "It Takes Guts to Say Jesus" DO NOT
OPEN
> >IT.
> > It will erase everything on your hard drive.
> >
> > This Information was announced yesterday morning from IBM; AOL states
> >that
> > this is a very dangerous virus, much worse than "Melissa," and that
> > there is NO remedy for it at this time.
> >
> > Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the reformat function
> >from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all documents on the
> >hard drive. It has been designed to work with Netscape Navigator and
> >Microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and IBM compatible
> >computers.
> >
> > This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it.
> >
> > Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book ASAP so that
> > this threat may be stopped.
> >
> > Please practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that may have
access
> >to your computer.
> >
> > Forward this warning to everyone that might access the Internet.
> >
> >
> > Joseph Zonneveldt
> > Executive Officer
> > NESA
> >
> >
>
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Richard Chivers
Fisheries Consultant
Seafood Audit International
www.fishonline.co.uk
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