In response to Stew Friedman's "Serious Virus Warning" posted on July 8.
Please note that you CANNOT get a virus from an e-mail message,
regardless of its subject line. The only way you can get a virus through
e-mail is by executing a file attachment that may be included in an
e-mail message (a *.exe file). "WIN A HOLIDAY" is a famous "HOAX" on the
Internet along with "RETURNED MAIL" or "UNABLE TO DELIVER" or
"BUDDYLIST.ZIP" or "DEEYENDA" or "PENPAL GREETINGS" or a number of
others. Almost always these messages, which are forwarded relentlessly,
ask those receiving the message to forward it again to as many people as
they know. That's a tell-tale giveaway! For further information on "WIN
A HOLIDAY," I encourage you to look at
http://www.stiller.com/holiday.htm. You can also check out pretty much
every Internet hoax and myth there is at
http://kumite.com/myths/myths/. Also, The Mining Company keeps an
archive of Internet hoaxes and myths. You can access it at
http://urbanlegends.miningco.com then click on "Current Net Hoaxes." The
"WIN A HOLIDAY" hoax (a copy of "JOIN THE CREW" from 1997) is listed
there.
It's good to stay advised of this information as the growth of the
Internet continues exponentially.
Tom Sechrest
AMD
Austin Texas USA
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 23:23:02 -0400
> From: Stew Friedman <
friedman@WHARTON.UPENN.EDU>
> Subject: Serious Virus Warning!
>
> Be aware!!!!!!
>
> If you receive an e-mail entitled "WIN A HOLIDAY"
> 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 from Microsoft;
> 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.
>
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>
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