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This particular virus wipes out your hard disk, so Ivan you must have had a different one or else a normal everyday "bug" Bob Anibal -----Original Message----- From: Ivan M Suzman <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Monday, July 27, 1998 1:21 PM Subject: Re: WARNING ! Vicious VIRUS! >The viirus is VICIOUS- and it's the first time my computer's memory has >EVER been a virus vicitm.... > >Had 80 Parkinson's List messages from you stored to read and think >about-turned on my computer-all but 5 are GONE! > > WHen the virus struck, my computer had been OFF for about three days-- > >I even got an error message that I have NO modem!! > >SO I tried to get my e-mail four times, and suddenly, 45 messages from >the List appeared. > >And now, I'm letting you know--YOU may be next! > >Ivan >^^^^^^WARM GREETINGS FROM^^^^^^^^^^ >Ivan Suzman 48/11 66 [log in to unmask] >Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 75 deg. F >*********************************************************** > >On Fri, 24 Jul 1998 14:29:23 -0400 Jed Blue <[log in to unmask]> writes: >>Bob Anibal wrote: >>> >>> This W95.CIH virus is NOT a hoax or a joke. I read about it in a >>newsletter >>> that I get and followed the thread all the way to a page where I >>downloaded >>> a program that detects and removes this virus. The address is: >>> http:\\www.symantec.com/nav/navc.html/ >>> The virus is supposed to kick in July 26 and raise H___ with the >>hard disk. >>> The suggestion is made in the info to just not turn on your computer >>on the >>> 26th >>> Bob Anibal >> >>No, the virus is not a joke. Its existence, and the fact that it >>would >>completely screw up any Win '95 machine, were first announced by >>Microsoft a little while ago. Right after the release of Win '98. >>Suspicious? I personally think so... but I may be wrong. >> Jed (NOT Hilary) >> >