> > 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.