================================================ Subject: Re: Fw: Information About New Virus From: "Tara" To: Date: Tue 17 Apr 2001 19:58:56 -0400 ================================================ Guts to Say Jesus Hoax Reported on: May 15, 1999 This is not a virus; it is a hoax, and it should be ignored. Sample of hoax message: WARNING If you receive an email titled "It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus', DO NOT OPEN IT. It will erase everything on your hard drive. This information was announced on 21 April by IBM stating that this is a very dangerous virus, much worse than "Melissa", and that there is NO remedy for it this time. Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the reformat function from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all documents on the hard drive. It has been designed to work with Netscape Navigator and microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and IBM compatible computers. This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it. Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book and please share it with all your online friends ASAP so that this threat may be stopped. Please practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that may have access to your computer. Forward this warning to everyone that might access the Internet. Category: Hoax Please ignore any messages regarding this hoax and do not pass on messages. Passing on messages about the hoax only serves to further propagate it. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josh Marquis" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 7:05 PM > Subject: Information About New Virus > > > > VERY URGENT! > > > > PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR. > > > > If you receive an email titled: "It Takes Guts to Say Jesus" DO NOT OPEN > IT. > > > > It will erase everything on your hard drive. This information was > announced > > yesterday morning > > from IBM; AOL states that this is a very dangerous virus, much worse than > > "Melissa," and that > > there is NO Remedy for it at this time. > > > > Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the reformat function > from > > Norton Utilities > > causing it to completely erase all documents on the hard drive. It has > been > > designed to work with > > Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh > > and IBM compatible > > computers. > > > > This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it. > > > > Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book and please share > it > > with all your > > online friends ASAP so that this threat maybe stopped. > > > > Please practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that may have access > to > > your computer. > > Forward this warning to everyone that you know that might access the > > Internet. > > > > Joyce L. Bober IBM Information Systems Pittsburgh Mailing Systems 412 > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp