news?msg@948@alt.paranormal.crop-circles&irina&virus (fwd)

Here is some interesting info about irina -- Joseph Cullipher |E-mail: joseph@cannonexpress.com PO Box 364 |opinions express are those of my own and Springdale, AR 72764 USA |don't necessarily reflect those of my company ______________________________________________________________ >From MidwinterUK@corrode.demon.co.uk (Love Lies Squealing) Organization Indigo Prime Unlimited reality [girls! guns! cars!] Date Thu, 21 Nov 1996 20:40:26 GMT Newsgroups alt.paranormal.crop-circles Message-ID <32948c23.26455779@news.demon.co.uk> _________________________________________________________________ >>>>There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. If you >>>>receive an e-mail message with the subject line "Irina", DO NOT read the >>>>message. DELETE it immediately. Someone is sending people and >>>>files under the title "Irina". If you receive this mail or file, do not >>>>download it. It has a virus that rewrites your hard drive, obliterating >>>>anything on it. Please be careful and forward this mail to anyone you >>>>care about. This is a hoax along the lines of the 'good-times' virus/meme that was popular last year. It relies on paranoia and a general misconception of how virii and Email work. Point one: Virus check all files drawn off the net. The most popular vector for transmission of Virii is via executable files, the second via zipped executables. There are rumours that uncertificated javascript and directX can be made to 'do things' but this is largely rumour. Y'see the problem is that once people read the message talking about 'Irina', then they delete further warnings on 'Irina'. It's one of the longest running chain-letters around, and a rather clever take on Dawkins 'Memes' in the regard of ideas being semi-living things. Thankyou, L O V E L I E S S Q U E A L I N G Oh children don't you weep and moan, Children save your breath, You'll draw a pretty pension, when your daddy meets his death. - Trad. Ballad.