Let's stop this one before it goes any further. This message and similar
others have been around before, but the fact is that you can't get a virus
from reading e-mail. It is possible to transmit a virus through some kinds
of attachments, but not in the e-mail message itself.
>> > Subject: virus alert
>> >
>> > >>You may or may not have received this warning already. Please
>> pass on
>> > to
>> > >>anyone you know.
>> > >> VIRUS WARNING !!!!!!
>> > >> If you receive an email titled "JOIN THE CREW" DO NOT
open it. It
>> will
>> > >>erase everything on your hard drive. Forward this letter out to as
>> many
>> > >>people as you can. This is a new, very malicious virus and not
>> many
>> > >>people know about it. This information was announced yesterday
>> morning
>> > >>(1/20/98) from
>> > >>IBM; please share it with everyone that might access the
>> internet.
>> > Once
>> > >>again, pass this along to EVERYONE in your address book so that
>> this may
>> > be
>> > >>stopped. Also, do not open or even look at any mail that says
>> > >>"RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVERY" This virus will attach
itself to
>> your
>> > >>computer
>> > >>components and render them useless. Immediately delete any mail
>> items
>> > >>that say this. AOL has said that this is a very dangerous virus
>> and
>> > that
>> > >>there is NO remedy for it at this time. Please practice cautionary
>> > measures
>> > >>and forward this to all your online friends ASAP.