This is just a joke! Read with many smileys in mind. ;]
>Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 20:05:08 -0500
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>Subject: Re: VIRUS WARNING - PLEASE READ!
>To: Multiple recipients of list SOLOLIB-L
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>RICHARD DENGROVE
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>I like this hoax virus a lot better than Penpal Greetings.
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> There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet.
> If you receive an e-mail message with the subject line "Free
> Money," DO NOT read the message. DELETE it immediately, UNPLUG
> your computer, then BURN IT to ASHES in a government-approved
> toxic waste disposal INCINERATOR.
>
> Once a computer is infected, it will be TOO LATE. Your computer
> will begin to emit a vile ODOR. Then it will secrete a foul,
> milky DISCHARGE. Verily, it shall SCREECH with the tortured,
> monitor-shattering SCREAM of 1,000 hell-scorched souls, drawing
> unwanted attention to your cubicle from co-workers and
> supervisors alike. After violently ripping itself from the wall,
> your computer will punch through your office window as it STREAKS
> into the night, HOWLING like a BANSHEE. Once free, it will spend
> the rest of its days TORTURING household PETS and MOCKING the
> POPE.
>
> Some filthy, disgusting miscreant ... some no-good, low-down,
> good-for-nothing DIRTY SNAKE, in twisted pursuit of her own
> sadistic dreams, is sending this virus across the Net via an e-
> mail entitled "Free Money." What is so terrifying about this
> virus is that you do not even to have to open the e-mail for it
> to activate. In fact, you do not even need to RECEIVE the e-
> mail. You do not even need to OWN a COMPUTER. "Free Money" can
> infect even minor HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES.
>
> How it does this with straight ASCII code is, frankly, a matter
> of some debate ... but BELIEVE YOU US, if this weren't a SERIOUS
> situation, we wouldn't be discussing it in ALL CAPS.
>
> So for the LOVE OF GOD, forward this e-mail to all those you
> claim to care about, all those you purport to love. Don't do it
> later! Do it NOW! Now! Now! NOW! NOW! NOW!
>
>
Anita Cohen-Williams
Information Specialist
Auto Club of Southern California
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