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| Date: | Wed, 3 Nov 1999 23:32:10 -0500 |
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Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 12:10 PM
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Subject: Virus Alert
Subject: Virus alert
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|Dear End Users: |
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|The example below is that of a hoax regarding a virus. Hoaxes and hypes |
|are the wild rumors, fact-free virus scares, and outright fabrications |
|that seem to circulate like the common cold. If you should encounter |
|e-mail that should consist of this type of content, do not contribute to |
|the problem by forwarding the note to your colleagues. Although your |
|intentions may be good, you are actually contributing to the problem. |
|Check the following Website to determine the validity of these types of |
|notes. |
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|http://w3.virus.ers.ibm.com |
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|Do not take it upon yourself to report these virus related problems to |
|the center. Report the problem to MIS. MIS will take appropriate action|
|to report and/or contain the problem. |
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|MIS has established procedures to help you deal with a virus (Document |
|link: Database 'DMS Technical: MIS', View 'Documents\All Approved |
|Documents', Document 'Dealing with a Virus'). Please refer to(Document |
|link: Database 'DMS Technical: MIS', View 'Documents\All Approved |
|Documents', Document 'Dealing with a Virus')(Document link: Database 'DMS|
|Technical: MIS', View 'Documents\All Approved Documents', Document |
|'Dealing with a Virus') |
|http://atlweb.ibmus2.ibm.com/dms/dmsmisop.nsf/WebDocs/MIS+Homeor |
|http://w3.virus.ers.ibm.com for more information. |
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|EXAMPLE OF A HOAX! |
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| Subject: New Virus Information |
|> |
|> > This is VERY SERIOUS!!! Please forward to everyone you know...they |
|> > will be grateful. There is a virus out now being sent to people via |
|> > email..it is called the A.I.D.S. VIRUS. It will destroy your memory,|
|> > sound, card and speakers, your drive and it will infect your mouse or|
|> > pointing devices well as your keyboards making it so that you can't |
|> > type and it will not register on the screen. It self terminates only |
|> > after |
|> > it eats 5MB of hard drive space & will delete all programs. It will |
|> > come |
|> > via E-mail called "OPEN: VERY COOL" DELETE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
|> > IMMEDIATELY. It will basically render your computer useless. PASS |
|THIS |
|> > MESSAGE ON QUICKLY & TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS possible! |
|> > |
|> > Very urgent must read please- if you receive an e mail titled "WIN A|
|> > HOLIDAY", DO NOT OPEN IT. It will erase everything on your hard |
|drive. |
|> > |
|> > Forward this letter out to as many people as you can. This is a new,|
|> > very malicious virus and not many people know about it. This |
|> > information was announced yesterday morning from Microsoft. |
| |
|George Sarr |
|Lead Technical Advisor-(Mobility Group) |
|IBM Global Services |
|kennesaw, GA |
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