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RE: VIRUS WARNING -- HARD DISK AT RISK
It's been around for months, it is a Trojan, not a virus and it only deletes the FATs on a harddrive.
It does nothing to modems.
Another urban legend is born.....
Bob Resino
Hd, MID/Datatelecommunications
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From: "Donna Hoblit" <Donna_Hoblit@ed.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 1996 1:11 PM
To: atlantia@atlantia.sca.org
Subject: VIRUS WARNING -- HARD DISK AT RISK
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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