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Fwd: virus warning
Poster: "Hinson, Jerome" <hinson.msalan3@mhs.unc.edu>
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(Ms.) Jerome Hinson
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Office of Continuing Medical Education
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Received the following from Susan King in Public Affairs.
Stephanie C. Stadler
CME and Alumni Affairs
UNC-CH To: manthony.est1@mail.unch.unc.edu,
rgaitens.est1@mail.unch.unc.edu, ppearce.est1@mail.unch.unc.edu,
nkochuk.est1@mail.unch.unc.edu, jstokes.est1@mail.unch.unc.edu,
kmccall.ccc1@mail.unch.unc.edu, mghughes.ccc1@mail.unch.unc.edu,
lfgbear@primenet.com, fadim@med.unc.edu, stadler@med.unc.edu
From: "KING.SUSAN" <sking.est1@mail.unch.unc.edu>
Am forwarding to ya'll a message I got this morning from a friend in
California. An ounce of prevention, I guess.
Susan
> >>You may already know this, but here are a couple of the most recent
viruses.
> >>
> >>FOR SOME THIS IS A REMINDER:
> >>
> >>DO NOT READ OR OPEN ANY EMAIL WITH THE SUBJECT OF EITHER "Good Times"
or
> >>"PKZIP300.ZIP"
> >>
> >>This is also a good reminder to do a complete backup of your PC hard
drive.
> >>
> >>There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. If
you
> >>receive an email message with the subject line "Good Times" or
> >>"PKZIP300.ZIP" DO NOT read the message, DELETE it immediately. This
virus
> >>rewrites your hard drive, obliterating everything on it.
> >>
> >>Forward this Email notice to everyone you care about.
> >>
> >>This warning comes from the FCC. A new computer virus has been
engineered by
> >>a user of AMERICA ON LINE that is unparalleled in its destructive
capability.
> >>Other well-known viruses such as "Stoned", "Airwolf" and
> >>"Michaelangelo" pale in comparison to the prospects of this newest
creation by
> >>a warped mentality. What makes this virus so terrifying, said the
FCC,
is
> >>the fact that no program needs to be exchanged for a new computer to
be
> >>infected. It can be spread through the existing email systems of the
> >>Internet.
> >>
> >>Once a Computer is infected, one of several things can happen. If the
computer
> >>contains a hard drive, that will most likely be destroyed. If the
program is
> >>not stopped, the computer's processor will be placed in an
nth-complexity
> >>infinite binary loop -which will severely damage the processor if
left
running
> >>that way too long. Bottom line, kiss your computer, software, and
all
data
> >>goodbye forever. A GOOD REMINDER FOR BACKUPS.
> >>
> >>The program is highly intelligent. It will also find your personal
Email
> >>distribution list, if it's located on your PC or server, and will
> >>automatically send copies of itself to everyone on the Email list.
It
will
> >>then proceed to trash the computer it is running on - YOURS!
> >>
> >>The simple act of loading the file into the mail server's ASCII
buffer
causes
> >>the "Good Times" mainline program to initialize and execute.
> >>
> >>Rest assured that whoever's name was on the "From" line was surely
struck by
> >>the virus. Warn your friends and local system users of this newest
threat to
> >>the Internet! It could save them a lot of time and money.
> >>
> >>====================================
> >>ANOTHER WARNING - PKZIP
> >>====================================
> >>DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY FILE NAMED PKZIP300 REGARDLESS OF THE EXTENSION
!!
> >>
> >>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
NOT
> >>yet a way of cleaning up this one.
> >>
> >>DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY FILE NAMED PKZIP300 REGARDLESS OF THE EXTENSION.
> >>
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| ppearce.est1@mail.unch.unc.edu, nkochuk.est1@mail.unch.unc.edu,
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