I am surprised to still see these types of alerts.  E-mail in and of itself is
harmless.  it is nothing more than a text file.  in order for any harm to come
from an e-mail message it would have to be in the form of an executable
'attachment'.  if you recieve e-mail with attachments from someone you do not
know and still download and execute it then shame on you.
a good rule of thumb is that if you don't know them and/or you did not ask for
the attached file then just delete the message and go on with your day. And
remember, E-MAIL IS HARMLESS!

Gary Acord
Acord Information Management

-----Original Message-----
From:   Museum discussion list  On Behalf Of Alfred Mansoor
Sent:   Wednesday, April 30, 1997 12:20 PM
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Subject:        Fwd: FYI: Virus Alert/Forwarded Message

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Date: 97-04-29 01:53:48 EDT


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>RE:     virus
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>Anyone who receives this must send it to as many people
>as you can.  It is essential that this problem be reconciled
>as soon as possible.  A few hours ago, I opened an E-mail that
>had the subject heading of "AOL4FREE.COM".  Within seconds of
>opening it, a window appeared and began to display my files that
>were being deleted.  I immediately shut down my computer, but it
>was too late.  This virus wiped me out.  It ate the Anti-Virus
>software that comes with the Windows '95 program along with
>F-Prot AVS.  Neither was able to detect it.  Please be careful and
>send this to as many people as possible, so maybe this new virus can
>be eliminated.
>
>DON'T OPEN E_MAIL NOTING "AOL4FREE"
>
>Be aware that there are letters going around that you have won free
> AOL until 1998...or AOL 4 Free...Please Delete...contains a virus
>that will wipe out your harddrive .. after you download and it
>executes....
>it is too late.
>
>Please be very careful!!
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