Virus Warning

[swordspyder]

This is ultimateswordsman .I changed my name because I changed my email address. Anyway, I am spreading the word about a virus thats been going around. It's spread via email, and is called "It takes guts to say Jesus" or something close to that. Here is what was put out:

Subject: URGENT
> >
> >
> > 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 - 922-8744
>

Sorry, I'm a little too computer illiterate to make that into a quote or look nice, but that's the basic message.

[DJ Apostrophe]

Hey guys,
Just wanted y'all to know ... its another virus hoax... what usually tips them off is when they say it works on mac and pc machines... not much does... here's the skinny on it:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com...esus-hoax.html

[swordspyder]

sorry! I just go tthe email and was passing it on. It looks like it was reported a long time ago too...... I'll have to check more if I get another one before I pass it on

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[MikeHarm]

Speaking of viruses, from the way the bulletin board is set up with letting people put hyperlinks and such in the posts, it would seem vulnerable to people putting up links that would infect people with computer viruses. I've seen that happen some other places before that had problem users.