Re: WARNING

Posted in 1997

Walt Hultgren {rmy} — 29 Aug 1997 16:25:30 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <5u74c2$k7a@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Inf. Fabian Garro <Fgarro@gotec.com> wrote: >I have received an E/mail from a friend at IBM, warning us about a critical >TROJAN HORSE (variation of a virus) that propagates through Internet e/mail. > >Subject in Emael appears to be: JOIN THE CREW or PENPAL GREETINGS Both the "JOIN THE CREW" and "PENPAL GREETINGS" messages are hoaxes; that is, the warnings they contain are not true. For more information, go to one of the Web search sites in search for either of those strings. Thanks to Fabian for his efforts to warn other users, but in this case at least there is no cause for alarm. Walt. -- Walt Hultgren Internet: walt@rmy.emory.edu (IP 170.140.97.4) Emory University UUCP: {...,gatech,rutgers,uunet}!emory!rmy!walt 954 Gatewood Road, NE BITNET: walt@EMORY Atlanta, GA 30329 USA Voice: +1 404 727 0648