Wednesday, 30 April 1997

Dear Museum-L'ers,

Erik P. Mansoor <[log in to unmask]> just forwarded a warning about a new
"virus" called AOL4FREE.COM that should have all sorts of horrible effects.

I received the same notice last week and forwarded it to our Hotline, who
kindly sent me the following url that describes this and numerous other
hoaxes and REAL viruses in detail.  The above "virus" is 100% harmless, but
a Trojan Horse version of it is NOT.  Check the url below for details on
these and other viruses before sending out warnings.  The url is updated
regularly.

www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html.

According to this page, the above "virus" is a completely new hoax.

I might add that the path of the warning I received suggested that some
people had too much time on their hands - note the person after "X-aliased"!

>Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 14:41:29 +0200
>To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]
>X-Aliased: From "Kleijnen Prof. Dr. Jack P.C." <[log in to unmask]> (by way of
>Michael Sonnenschein <[log in to unmask]>)
>From: "Michael Sonnenschein"
><[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: virus on the loose!

Best regards,

Mary
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Mary E. Petersen
Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen
Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark
Tel +45-35 32 10 67 --- Fax +45-35 32 10 10
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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