VIRUS ALERT!!!!!!!27Feb2002

Larry Miller · Post by **Larry Miller** » 27 Feb 2002 5:21 pm

Very Urgent!!!!!!! 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

Mike Selecky · Post by **Mike Selecky** » 27 Feb 2002 5:47 pm

Symantec Security Response encourages you to ignore any messages regarding this hoax. It is harmless and is intended only to cause unwarranted concern.

Also Known As: RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVER
Type: Hoax

Description:

This is not a virus; it is a hoax, and it should be ignored. The following are three known varients of this hoax:

Sample 1:

WARNING
If you receive an email titled "It Takes
Guts to Say 'Jesus', DO NOT OPEN IT.