Sorry, CIAC (http://ciac.llnl.gov) has this one listed as a chain
letter/hoax. There is nothing new about it. It first appeared around
1997. At any rate, ALL downloaded software should be checked with an
anti-virus program before it is unpacked or run, and all people should
check out the virus files and hoax files at CIAC before panicking.
Angela C. Murphy
On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Beth Fowler wrote:
>
> >Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 08:41:52 -0500
> >From: John Kelly <kelly@mpi.com>
> >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (WinNT; U)
> >X-Accept-Language: en
> >To: Group All Millennium <millennium-all@mpi.com>
> >Subject: Computer Virus You Might Want to Know About
> >
> >READ THIS IMMEDIATELY!
> > >>> >>> > Someone is sending out a very cute screen saver of the
> > >Budweiser
> > >>> >>> > Frogs. If you download it, you will lose everything! Your
> > >hard
> > >drive
> > >>> >>> > will crash and someone from the Internet will get your
> > >screen
> > >>> >>> > name and password!
> > >>> >>> > DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES! It just
> > >>> >>> > went into circulation yesterday, as far as we know. Please
> > >>> distribute
> > >>> >>> > this message.
> > >>> >>> > This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know
> > >about
> > >>> it.
> > >>> >>> > This information was announced yesterday morning from
> > >Microsoft.
> > >>> >>> > 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. AOL has said 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 on-line
> > >friends.
>
> Elizabeth Fowler, Ph.D.
> Director, Analytical Development and Quality Control
> Millenium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
> 75 Sidney Street
> Cambridge, MA 02139
> Phone: 617-551-3730
> FAX: 617-551-3745
> beth_fowler@leukosite.com
> efowler@ma.ultranet.com
>
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Angela C. Murphy, Chemist
Lab. of Cell Biology, NHLBI, NIH
3 Center Drive, MSC 0301, Rm. B1-22
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892-0301 USA
tel.: (301) 496-2324
fax: (301) 402-1519
email: acmurphy@helix.nih.gov
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