Re: New Malicious virus. Attacks Macs too. And Linux as well as windows

[James Merritt <jamesem_99 at yahoo dot com>]

Hi,

This warning is a hoax.  According to this website,
Symantec Security Response encourages you to ignore
any messages regarding this hoax. It is harmless and
is intended only to cause unwarranted concern.

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jesus-hoax.html

Thank you and have a nice day!!

james E. Merritt

--- Bobby McNulty Junior <enterprise01@bellsouth.net>
wrote:

>      Subject:URGENT - New Virus
> 
> 
>      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
> 
> 
>      PittsburghMailing Systems
>      412 - 922-8744
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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