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Article #244Re: FW: [Fwd: [Fwd: FW: virus warning]]
From: Geoffrey D. Guttmann
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 00:00
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I agree. This is a virus hoax. Check the following URL: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jesus-hoax.html Cheers, geoff >Apparently, this virus is just a hoax: >http://www.itd.umich.edu/virusbusters/hoaxes/guts.html >Cheers, >Elia > >At 11:10 AM 2/8/00 -0500, you wrote: >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Marc Fadel [mailto:marc.fadel@utoronto.ca] >>Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 10:37 AM >>To: m.opas@utoronto.ca >>Subject: [Fwd: [Fwd: FW: virus warning]] >> >> >> >>Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 09:40:29 -0500 >>From: jonathan cardella <jonathan.cardella@utoronto.ca> >>Subject: [Fwd: FW: virus warning] >>To: "'Anne McClaire-Turnbull (Anne McClaire-Turnbull)'" >> <MCCLAIREA@SMH.TORONTO.ON.CA>, Dane Clatney <dclatney@ntnc.com>, >> Darryl Desbarres <darryl_desbarres@yahoo.com>, >> David Cardella <dcards@ibm.net>, >> "Dr. Gideon Cohen" <gideon.cohen.nehemia@utoronto.ca>, >> Easton Russell <bighe@home.com>, Irish <gohallor@yahoo.ca>, >jkielb@dylex.com, >> john.s.jurasic@ca.arthurandersen.com, JOSEPH PAPA <bigpapa@attcanada.net>, >> Mark Holder <hldrtght@interlog.com>, Marc Fadel <marc.fadel@utoronto.ca>, >> Mark Peterson <mark.peterson@utoronto.ca>, Mitts <ssmilsky@accglobal.net>, >> Mike Borger <michael.borger@utoronto.ca> >>Message-id: <00Feb8.093823est.119041@gateway.healthlink.on.ca> >>MIME-version: 1.0 >>X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 >>X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.71 [en] (Win95; I) >>Content-type: multipart/mixed; >boundary="Boundary_(ID_sk5mY9MrBLndUH/KK5eLsg)" >>X-Orcpt: rfc822;marc.fadel@utoronto.ca >>X-Accept-Language: en >> >> >>Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 15:29:12 -0500 >>From: "Cardella, Jennifer (WINDSOR)" <jennifer.cardella@bdc.ca> >>Subject: FW: virus warning >>To: "Corbiere, Michael E. (NORTHYORK)" <michael.corbiere@bdc.ca>, >> "Brown, Robert (TORONTO)" <robert.brown@bdc.ca>, >> "PRIKKER, BRETT (WINDSOR)" <brett.prikker@bdc.ca>, >> "Rimac, Tony (WINDSOR)" <tony.rimac@bdc.ca>, >> Abbey Gwartzman <abbeygwartzman@worldnet.att.net>, >> David Cardella <dcardella@esri.com>, Pina Planamente <giuse@home.com>, >> jonathan cardella <jonathan.cardella@utoronto.ca>, >> "Dubicki, Lara" <Lara.Dubicki@disney.com>, >> "Palmer, Sarah P." <Sarah.P.Palmer@disney.com>, Stacey Ross <srross@mmm.com> >>Message-id: <0a31a0519200720PROXYHO@smtp.bdc.ca> >>MIME-version: 1.0 >>X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 >>X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) >>Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >>Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT >>Importance: High >>X-Priority: 1 (Highest) >>X-MSMail-priority: High >>X-Orcpt: rfc822;jonathan.cardella@utoronto.ca >> >> >> ---------- >>From: PELLEGRINI, JOHN >>To: Carrera, Adelina; Clunies, Suzanne; FRY, FREDERICK; ROMEO, Mirella; >>GUIDO, TONINA; MARTINO, ANGELA; MARTINKOVIC, LIDIA; MAZZA, VICKY; Cardella, >>Jennifer; CHARBONNEAU, STÉPHANIE; '*Labate'; '*Franco'; John D; Corridore, >>Rob(IN); 'MaryAnne Cinapri'; Francavilla, Nino(IN) >>Subject: FW: virus warning >>Date: Monday, 07 February, 2000 09:27 >>Priority: High >> >> >> ---------- >>From: Domenic Albanese >>To: Tinuza; Tina Smalls; Terence; Hee Hee; Franky; Pablo; Nick; Mickey; Mark >>DiGiovanni; Lu; Bossy; Espo; Jenny; Rulli; Enio; Liz; DSantucci; TREMER; >>DENI; Y2JDAN; Maryann; Bernie; Dan.T; Vigna >>Subject: virus warning >>Date: Saturday, 05 February, 2000 04:30 >>Priority: High >> >> >> >>> VIRUS WARNING >>> >>>If you receive an email titled "It Takes Guts to Say Jesus" DO NOT OPEN >>>IT. It will erase everything on your hard drive. This information was >>>announced last week by IBM; AOL states that this is a very dangerous >>>virus, much worse than "Melissa," and that there is NO remedy for it at >>>this time. Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the reformat >>>function from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all >>>documents on the hard drive. It has been designed to work with Netscape >>>Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and IBM >>>compatible computers. >>>This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it. >>>Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book and please >>>share it with all your online friends ASAP so that this threat may be >>>stopped. >>>Please practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that may have access >>>to your computer. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Geoffrey D. Guttmann, Ph.D _/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Assistant Professor _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ College of Medicine _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/ University of Saskatchewan _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ A-315 Health Sciences Building _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ 107 Wiggins Road _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5 CANADA Voice:(306)966-4079 Fax:(306)966-4298 E-mail:guttmann@duke.usask.ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 114d69,adb56a17b59f4a34 X-Google-Attributes: gid114d69,public From: "Geoffrey D. Guttmann" <guttmann@duke.usask.ca> Subject: Re: FW: [Fwd: [Fwd: FW: virus warning]] Date: 2000/02/08 Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.20.0002081041260.10989-100000@duke.usask.ca> X-Deja-AN: 583259707 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE References: <3.0.6.32.20000208112430.007fa1e0@po-box.mcgill.ca> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN X-Complaints-To: usenet@tribune.usask.ca X-Trace: tribune.usask.ca 950028255 14446 128.233.3.13 (8 Feb 2000 16:44:15 GMT) Organization: University of Saskatchewan Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Feb 2000 16:44:15 GMT Newsgroups: bit.listserv.confocal