VIRUS WARNING -- HARD DISK AT RISK

["Donna Hoblit" <Donna_Hoblit@ed.gov>]

     I received the following virus warning.  If you see a file called 
     PKZIP300.ZIP, do not download it, double click it nor unzip it.  If 
     you come across such a file, please alert Pandora or Anna in MSD so 
     they can take follow-up action to protect ED files.


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Subject: VIRUS WARNING -- HARD DISK AT RISK
Author:  101374.52@compuserve.com at INTERNET
Date:    4/12/96 9:16 AM

Subject: VIRUS WARNING -- HARD DISK AT RISK
     
FYI Notice:
     
  A widely used utility, called PKZIP, which helps users compress files  has 
  been available for some time to download from the internet.
     
  A NEW Trojan Horse Virus has emerged on the Internet with the name
   PKZIP300.ZIP, so named as to give the impression that this file is a new
  version of the PKZIP software used to "ZIP" (compress) files.
     
  DO NOT DOWNLOAD this file under any circumstances!!! If you install or 
  expand this file, the virus WILL wipe your hard disk clean and affect
 modems
  at 14.4 and higher. This is an extremely destructive virus and there is NO 
  known protection through antivirus software because it's so new.
     
  REPEAT: DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY FILE NAMED PKZIP300 IN ANY FORM!
     
     
     

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