FYI: New Viruses .

[Sherry Jones <swjones@LANL.GOV>]

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>  >Subject:: New  Viruses .

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>  >> >Heads Up!

>>>  >

>>>  >Possible incoming viruses. Please, advise clients, users, and anyone else

>>>  >that should be aware of this.

>>>  >

>>>  >A new virus has just been discovered that has been

>>>  >classified by Microsoft (www.microsoft.com

>>>  ><http://www.microsoft.com> ) and by McAfee

>>>  >(www.mcafee.com <http://www.mcafee.com> ) as

>>>  >the most destructive ever!

>>>  >

>>>  >This virus was discovered yesterday afternoon by McAfee and no vaccine has

>>>  >yet been developed.  This virus simply destroys Sector Zero from the hard

>>>  >disk, where vital information for its functioning are stored.

>>>  >

>>>  >This virus acts in the following manner: It sends itself automatically to

>>>  >all contacts on your list with the title "A Virtual Card for You".  As

>soon

>>>  >as the

>>>  >supposed virtual card is opened, the computer freezes so that the user has

>>>  >to reboot. When the ctrl+alt+del keys or the reset button are pressed,

>>>  >the virus destroys Sector Zero, thus permanently destroying the hard disk.

>>>  >

>>>  >Yesterday in just a few hours this virus caused panic in New

>>>  >York,      according to news broadcast by CNN (www.cnn.com). This alert

>was

>>>  >received by an employee of Microsoft itself.  So don't open any mails with

>>>  >subject "A Virtual Card for You". As soon as you get the mail, delete it.

>>>  >

>>>  >Please pass on this mail to all your friends.  Forward this to everyone in

>>>  >your address book. I would rather receive this 25 times than not at all.

>>>  >

>>>  >Also: Intel announced that a new and very destructive virus was discovered

>>>  >recently. If you receive an email called "An Internet Flower For You", do

>>>  >not open it. Delete it right away!  This virus removes all dynamic link

>>>  >libraries (.dll files) from your computer. Your computer will not be able

>>>  >to boot up!!

>  >> >

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