Re: DANGER VIRUS ALERT (fwd)

• Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 13:43:57 PST
• From:
  Matt Duhan <fringe@cybercom.net>
• cc: moo-cows@parc.xerox.com
• Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
• In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.961207151959.5705D-100000@echonyc.com>

This sounds about as true as "Good Times".  Don't spam the net with
rumors, folks.

On Sat, 7 Dec 1996, Matt Dominianni wrote:

> Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 12:20:42 PST
> From: Matt Dominianni <nose@echonyc.com>
> To: moo-cows@parc.xerox.com
> Subject: DANGER VIRUS ALERT (fwd)
> 
> In case you haven't heard about this yet...
> 
> 
> >>
> >>
> >>> **********VIRUS ALERT**********
> >>>     VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ!
> >>>
> >>>There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet.
> >>>
> >>>If you  receive an E-Mail message with the subject line "Deeyenda", DO
> >>>NOT read
> >>>the message, DELETE it immediately!
> >>>
> >>>Some miscreant is sending E-Mail under the title "Deeyenda"
> >>>nationwide, if you get anything like this DON'T DOWNLOAD THE
> >>>FILE!  It has a virus that rewrites your hard drive, obliterates
> >>>anything on it.
> >>>
> >>>Please be careful and forward this E-Mail to anyone you care about.
> >>>
> >>>Please read the message below.
> >>>
> >>>FCC WARNING!!!!! -----DEEYENDA PLAGUES INTERNET
> >>>
> >>>The Internet community has again been plagued by another computer virus.
> >>> This
> >>>message is being spread throughout the Internet, including USENET
> >>>posting,
> >>>E-MAIL,
> >>> and other Internet activities.  The reason for all the attention is
> >>>because of
> >>>the nature of this virus and the potential security risk it makes.
> >>>Instead of a
> >>>destructive Trojan virus (like most viruses!), this virus referred to as
> >>>Deeyenda Maddick, performs a comprehensive search on your computer,
> >>>looking for
> >>>valuable information, such as E-Mail and login passwords, credit cards,
> >>>personal
> >>>inf., etc.
> >>>
> >>>The Deeyenda virus also has the capability to stay memory resident while
> >>>running
> >>>a host of applications and operation systems, such as Windows 3.11 and
> >>>Windows
> >>>95.
> >>>  What this means to Internet users is that when a login and password
> >>>are send
> >>>to
> >>>the server, this virus can copy this information and SEND IT OUT TO UN
> >>>UNKNOWN
> >>>ADDRESS (varies).
> >>>
> >>>The reason for this warning is because the Deeyenda virus is
> >>>virtually undetectable.  Once attacked your computer will be unsecured.
> >>>
> >>>Although
> >>>it can attack any O/S this virus is most likely to attack those users
> >>>viewing
> >>>Java enhanced Web Pages (Netscape 2.0+ and Microsoft Internet Explorer
> >>>3.0+
> >>>which
> >>>are running under Windows 95).  Researchers at Princeton University have
> >>>found
> >>>this virus on a number of World Wide Web pages and fear its spread.
> >>>
> >>>Please pass this on, for we must alert the general public at the
> >>>security risks.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 

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