OFF: New Virus Warning

[M Holmes]

BREVARD Adrian R. writes:

> Public Service time ladies and gents.  Be Warned.
>
> Subject:  Virus Alert
> Importance:  High
>
> If anyone receives mail entitled: PENPAL GREETINGS! please delete it
> WITHOUT reading it.  Below is a little explanation of the message, and
> what
> itwould do to your PC if you were to read the message.  If you have any
> questions or concerns please contact  SAF-IA Info Office on 697-5059.

This is almost certainly a repeat of the "Hoax" Good TImes virus. There
is no 'puter eating virus. Except if you unpack and run a binary or have
Word or another package configured to run any macro in a message,
there's no way to insert a virus into a text email message. With good
times, the "virus" was the hoax that there was a virus, and it spread
pretty well.

Please don't propagate this one any further.

FoFP