Subject: a virus alert , watch out for all these names
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PLEASE ---- SEND THIS INFORMATION TO EVERY PERSON IN YOUR
ADDRESS BOOK.
IF YOU RECEIVE AN E-MAIL THAT READS "UPGRADE INTERNET2" DO NOT OPEN IT, AS IT
CONTAINS AN EXECUTABLE NAMED---- PERRIN.EXE."
IT WILL ERASE ALL THE DATA IN YOUR HARD DRIVE AND IT WILL STAY
IN MEMORY. EVERY TIME THAT YOU UPLOAD ANY DATA, IT WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY
ERASED AND YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE YOUR COMPUTER AGAIN.
THIS INFORMATION WAS PUBLISHED YESTERDAY ON THE CNN WEB SITE.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS VIRUS. TO THIS DATE, THERE IS NO KNOWN ANTI-VIRUS
PROGRAM FOR THIS PARTICULAR VIRUS
PLEASE, FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR FRIENDS, SO THAT
THEY WILL BE ON THE ALERT. ALSO CHECK THE LIST BELOW, SENT
BY IBM, WITH THE NAMES OF SOME E-MAILS THAT, IF RECEIVED,
SHOULD NOT BE OPENED AND MUST BE DELETED IMMEDIATELY,
BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN ATTACHED VIRUSES. THIS WAY YOUR
COMPUTER WILL BE SAFE.
THE TITLES ARE:
1) buddylst.exe
2) calcu18r.exe
3) deathpr.exe
4) einstein.exe
5) happ.exe
6) girls.exe
7) happy99.exe
8) japanese.exe
9) keypress.exe
10) kitty.exe
11) monday.exe
12) teletubb.exe
13) The Phantom Menace
14) prettypark.exe
15) UP-GRADE INTERNET2
16) perrin.exe
17) I love You
18) CELCOM Screen Saver or CELSAVER.EXE
19) Win a Holiday (e-mail)
20) JOIN THE CREW O PENPALS
21) Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs-The Real Story!! ONCE AGAIN,
DO NOT OPEN THESE E-MAILS AND PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO
YOUR FRIENDS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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