Fw: IBM WARNING OF NEW VIRUS

["John Clayton" <john.h.clayton@domain.elided>]

I'm forwarding this to the Stag Digest as it appears to be 
a genuine warning.

John Clayton
SOC mem.no.1570
Kent,  UK
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Subject: IBM WARNING OF NEW VIRUS
Date: 29 April 1999 12:09

Subject: IBM Find new virus
> 
> IBM have just found this new virus in the last few days, There is no name
> for it yet.
> 
> 
> 
> >>> WARNING
> >>>
> >>> If you receive an E-mail 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 and please
share
> it with all your online friends 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.



Best Regards   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   Ian J.Goulding for IJS 1999