(ET) Fw: Virus Alert

["Harry Ellege" <hellege midsouth rr com>]

 

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From: Butch Tines

To: Vick Butler ; Troy Roller ; trisha roller ; Tina Moore ; Tiffany Tines ; Terri Tines ; samantha carpenter ; Pop Tines ; Phil Tines ; mrocket1 ; mike.carpenter ; Mike Mosley ; Mike Carpenter Family ; Michelle Tines ; Mark Reed ; Lisa Scott ; linda lanier ; Lee Ann Cooper ; kim&greg johnson ; kathy & Mark Everingham ; Judy Nebel ; John Petty ; Joe&Judy Coleman ; JoAnne & Henry Tatum ; Joann Mosley ; Jennifer Vailes ; Jennifer Hendren ; Jef&Lara Hicks ; Jason Ford ; J. Mosley ; Harry Ellege ; Gina Tines ; David Reeves ; David Arnold ; Crazy4mickey aol com ; Cartwright ; bsbfan1tn aol com ; Bob&Mary Hicks ; Billy & Sissy ; Betty Boop ; Adam Mosley

Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 5:43 PM

Subject: Virus Alert

In a message dated 5/9/2001 5:25:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Imrbw writes:

Subject: read this!
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> > >> >Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 19:31:40 -0500
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> > >> > > > >>
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> > >> > > > >> <<
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> > >> > > > >> Very Urgent!!!!!!!
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> > >> > > > >>
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> > >> > > > >> PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR.
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> > >> > > > >> If you receive an email titled: "It Takes Guts to Say Jesus"
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> > >> > > > >> DO NOT OPEN IT. It will erase everything on your hard drive.
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> > >> > > > >> This information was announced yesterday morning from
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> > >> > > > >> IBM; AOL states that this is a very dangerous virus, much
> >worse
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> > >> > > than
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> > >> > > > >> "Melissa," and that there is NO Remedy for it at this time.
> >Some
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> > >> > > very sick
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> > >> > > > >> individual has succeeded in using the reformat function from
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> > >> > > Norton
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> > >> > > > >> Utilities
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> > >> > > > >> causing it to completely erase all documents on the hard
> >drive.
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> > >> > > It has been
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> > >> > > > >> designed to work with Netscape Navigator and Microsoft
> >Internet
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> > >> > > Explorer.
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> > >> > > > >> It
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> > >> > > > >> destroys Macintosh and IBM compatible computers.
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> > >> > > > >>
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> > >> > > > >> This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know
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> > >> > > about it. Pass
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> > >> > > > >> this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book and
> please
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> > >> > > share it
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> > >> > > > >> with
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> > >> > > > >> all your online friends ASAP so that this threat maybe
> >stopped.
> >
> > >> > > Please
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> > >> > > > >> practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that may have
> >access
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> > >> > > to your
> >
> > >> > > > >> computer. Forward this warning to everyone that you know
> that
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> > >> > > might access
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> > >> > > > >> the Internet.
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> > >> > > > >>
> >
> > >> > > > >> Joyce L. Bober
> >
> > >> > > > >> IBM Information Systems
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> > >> > > > >> Pittsburgh Mailing Systems
> >
> > >> > > > >> 412 - 922-8744