Henry
Doug Henwood wrote:
> This is a hoax. Funny that someone at Wasserstein Perella is passing it around!
>
> >From the Symantec anti-virus website
> <http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jesus-hoax.html>:
>
> VirusName: Guts to Say Jesus Hoax
> Aliases: Jesus
> Infection Length: Hoax
> Area of Infection: Hoax
> Likelihood: Hoax
> Region Reported: EMail
> Characteristics: Hoax
> Target Platform: Hoax
> Target Date: Hoax
>
> Description:
>
> "Guts to Say Jesus" Hoax is not a virus and is a hoax. It is a sham, meant
> only to panic new or inexperienced computer users. The hoax message
> includes the following warning with the title of
>
> VIRUS WARNING !!!!!!!
> If you receive an email titled "It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus'" DO NOT open
> it. It will erase everything on your hard drive. Forward this letter out to
> as many people as you can. This is a new, very malicious virus and not many
> people know about it. This information was announced yesterday morning from
> IBM; 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. Also, do not open or even look at any mail that says "RETURNED OR
> UNABLE TO DELIVER." This virus will attach itself to your computer
> components and render them useless. Immediately delete any mail items that
> say this. AOL has said that this is a very dangerous virus and that there
> is NO remedy for it at this time. Please practice cautionary measures and
> forward this to all your online friends ASAP.
>
> Please ignore any messages regarding this supposed "virus" and do not pass
> on any messages regarding it. Passing on messages about this hoax on serves
> only to further propagate it.
> Write-up by: Motoaki Yamamura
> January 14, 1999