Greetings,
        Perhaps this is old news but I thought it best to pass on this warning
that I just received, just in case. The following is a copy of the text that
was mailed to my system.

                                        D.R. Grauberger
                                        Museums Keeper
                                        Cedar Falls Historical Society
                                        Cedar Falls, Ia

>Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Tue, 10 Dec 96 13:53 PST
>X-Sender: [log in to unmask]
>To: "FirstCorp Home Office":;
>From: Monique Brown <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:
>
> >Subject:  Virus Alert
>>>>> > >Importance:  High
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >WITHOUT  reading it.   Below is a little explanation of
>>>>> > >the message, and what it would  do to your PC if you
>>>>> > >were to read the message.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >This is a warning for all internet users - there is a
>>>>> > >dangerous virus propogating 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 is in their inbox, and so on.
>>>>> > > If this virus remains unchecked, it has the  potntial 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!!!!