OFF: New Virus Warning

[BREVARD Adrian R.]

Public Service time ladies and gents.  Be Warned.

Subject:  Virus Alert
Importance:  High

If anyone receives mail entitled: PENPAL GREETINGS! please delete it
WITHOUT reading it.  Below is a little explanation of the message, and
what
itwould do to your PC if you were to read the message.  If you have any
questions or concerns please contact  SAF-IA Info Office on 697-5059.

This is a warning for all internet users - there is a dangerous virus
propagating across the internet through an e-mail message entitled
"PENPAL GREETINGS!".  DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MESSAGE ENTITLED "PENPAL
GREETINGS!"

This message appears to be a friendly letter asking you if you are
interested in a penpal, but by the time you read this letter, it is too
late.  The"trojan horse" virus will have already infected the boot
sector of your
hard drive, destroying all of the data present.  It is a
self-replicating
virus, and once the message is read, it will AUTOMATICALLY forward
itself
to anyone who's e-mail address is present in YOUR mailbox!

This virus will DESTROY your hard drive, and holds the potential to
DESTROY the hard drive of anyone whose mail is in your inbox, and who's
mail isin their inbox, and so on.  If this virus remains unchecked, it
has the
potential to do a great deal of DAMAGE to computer networks
worldwide!!!!

Please, delete the message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" as soon as you
see it!  And pass this message along to all of your friends and
relatives,
and the other readers of the newsgroups and mailing lists which you are
on,
so that they are not hurt by this dangerous virus!!!!

a fellow KX fan