[ganesh@TFS.COM: INTERNET VIRUS ALERT (fwd)]
Rob White (rsw@TFS.COM)
Thu, 9 Jun 1994 16:26:00 EDT
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From: ganesh@TFS.COM (Ganesh Vaidee)
Subject: INTERNET VIRUS ALERT (fwd)
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Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 12:27:51 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: INTERNET VIRUS ALERT!
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To all PC users, please be aware of the following...
Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 16:55:32 -1000
Subject: ALERT - Internet Virus
From: FRANK H POTTER@G6HQTRS@MCAS CHERRY PT
Subject: INTERNET VIRUS ALERT!
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 1994 7:31:08 EDT
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A Virus has been discovered on Internet that is disguised as CD-ROM shareware.
Unknown hackers have illegally put the Chinon name on a destructive
shareware file and released it on the Internet. This catastrophic virus
is named "CD-IT". -- DO NOT DOWNLOAD. IT WILL CORRUPT YOUR HARD DRIVE.
The program, allegedly a shareware PC utility that will convert an
ordinary CD-ROM drive into a CD-Recordable (CD-R) device, which is
technically impossible, instead destroys critical system files on a
user's hard drive. The program also immediately crashes the CPU, forces
the user to reboot and stays in memory.
Widest dissemination is requested.
Terry Howerton Sakima Group, Inc. SCOUTER Magazine Kansas City |