virus hoax

From: Kevin Lafferty (KevinHLafferty@chicago.avenew.com)
Date: Mon Sep 04 2000 - 19:51:41 EEST


The following message was just sent out to RPML and is a hoax. This message,
or some variant thereof, has been circulating for months. For more info see:
http://www.av.ibm.com/HoaxFrame/hoaxframe.html .

----Original Message-----
From: Justine Tuck [mailto:justine.tuck@apollo-fire.co.uk]
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 10:50 AM
To: 'Adrian McKinnon'; 'Alan Capaldi-Tallon'; 'Amanda Saunders'; 'Andrea
Bridgman'; 'Andrea Jones'; 'Andrew Bohea'; 'Andy Hammond'; 'Andy
Haynes'; 'Angelina Cambeiro-Castro'; 'Barbara Jenkins'; 'Barry Baulch';
'Bill McKee'; 'Bill Ryan'; 'Bob Bish'; 'Brian Williams'; 'Chris Elkins';
'Chris Netley'; 'Colin Greenman'; 'Dale Boucher'; 'Daniel Burton';
'Daniel Willis'; 'Darryl Thorne'; 'Dave Parsonage'; 'David Keech';
'Denise Mcdermott'; 'Dianne Fisher'; 'Ed Taylor'; 'Eddie Veater'; 'Emma
Scanes'; 'Enrique Castellanos'; 'Fiona McGregor'; 'Frank Brown'; 'Gordon
Ash'; 'Graham Barnett'; 'Hazel Gibbs'; 'Jackie Martin'; 'Jason Hickman';
'Jeff Cutler'; 'Jenny Fleming'; 'Jenny Malcolmson'; 'Jo Chittenden'; 'Jo
Willis'; 'Jon Baker'; 'Jon Berry'; 'Joy Hayward'; 'Julie Houghton';
'Justine Tuck'; 'Kevin Middleton'; 'Kim Williams'; 'Kinga Buckley'; 'Les
Cassin'; 'Lynn Barnes'; 'Lynn Haslett'; 'Lynn Heard'; 'Lynne Ponting';
'Margaret Glennon'; 'Margaret Rogers'; 'Mark Foster'; 'Mark Lewis';
'Mark Schofield'; 'Matt Goff'; 'Michael Hamilton'; 'Michael Peach';
'Michelle Agius'; 'Michelle Colwell'; 'Michelle Creighton'; 'Mo Eskici';
'Neil Quinn'; 'Paul Fisher'; 'Paul Pope'; 'Peter LeNgoc'; 'Phil
Walford'; 'Rachel Surman'; 'Reception'; 'Richard Neyton'; 'Robert
Dudley'; 'Roger Barrett'; 'Roger Bennett'; 'Ros Platt'; 'Rose Knell';
'Rowland Davies'; 'Sam Evans'; 'Sherrill Lilllywhite'; 'Sian Adams';
'Simon Astle'; 'Simon Flavell'; 'Stephen Lang'; 'Steve Bennett'; 'Steve
Jenkins'; 'Steve Skinner'; 'Steven Ruff'; 'Stewart Cutler'; 'Sue Inman';
'Sue Vincent'; 'Terry Huppler'; 'Terry King'; 'Tim Williams'; 'Tony
Nevard'; 'Tracy Kirk'; 'Vicki Anderson'; 'Victoria Godley'; 'Warren
Moyle'
Subject: FW:

-----Original Message-----
From: Jayne Eggby [mailto:jayne.eggby@thenews.co.uk]
Sent: 01 September 2000 10:21
To: Mark Godden; Justine Tuck; Jenny Malcolmson
Subject: Fw:

For your info
xx
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Fereday <feredayc@ppp.co.uk>
To: Jo White <Joanne_L._White@sedgwick.com>; Jayne Eggby
<marie.peck@thenews.co.uk>; Jennie Russell <J.M.Russell@soton.ac.uk>; Mark +
Jayne <jayne.eggby@btinternet.com>; Cathy Bateman <cathywsn@aol.com>; James
Keene <James_Keene@sedgwick.com>; Janet Bates
<janetbates@beckett.go-free.co.uk>
Date: 01 September 2000 11:11
Subject: Fw:

>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sarah Cooper <scooper@thenews.co.uk>
>To: bridget burton <bburton@ppp.co.uk>; carol Benet <cdb@ppp.co.uk>; Chris
>Fereday <feredayc@ppp.co.uk>; Chris Ryder <cxr@ppp.co.uk>; julie eyton
><julie.eyton@thenews.co.uk>; karen kinney <kinneyk@ppp.co.uk>; Keith Ridley
><ridleyk@ppp.co.uk>; Ken Sim <Kas@ppp.co.uk>; laurence turner
><laurence.turner@thenews.co.uk>; mark acheson <mark.acheson@thenews.co.uk>;
>Paula Jack <pmj@ppp.cp.uk>; sally wingham <wingham.s@ppp.co.uk>; Terri
>Larmour <larmourt@ppp.co.uk>; john.tucker@thenews.co.uk
><john.tucker@thenews.co.uk>; mike.gilson@thenews.co.uk
><mike.gilson@thenews.co.uk>
>Date: 01 September 2000 09:07
>Subject: Fw:
>
>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Graham_Cooper@pall.com <Graham_Cooper@pall.com>
>>To: scooper@thenews.co.uk <scooper@thenews.co.uk>
>>Date: 01 September 2000 09:32
>>
>>
>>>
>>>-
>>>>Please heed this Warning.
>>>>========================
>>>>
>>>>Someone is sending out a very cute screensaver of the Budweiser frogs,if
>>>you
>>>download it, you will lose everything! Your hard drive will crash and
>>>someone
>>>from the Internet will get your screen name and password!
>>>>DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!
>>>>It just went into circulation yesterday. Please distribute this message.
>>>This
>>>is a new, very malicious virus and not many peoplevknow about it. This
>>>information was announced yesterday morning from Microsoft. Please share
>>it
>>>with everyone that might access the Internet. Once again, pass this
along
>>>to
>>>EVERYONE in your address book so that this may be stopped. AOL has said
>>>that
>>>this is a very dangerous virus and that there is NO remedy for it at
this
>>>time.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

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