Guest guest Posted April 24, 1999 Report Share Posted April 24, 1999 -JodyHolly1 <JodyHolly1 24 April 1999 16:01 A New Virus OIT-Data Admin NEW VIRUS Someone is sending out a very desirable screen-saver, a Bug's Life - " BUGGLST.ZIP " . 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 THIS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!! IT JUST WENT INTO circulation yesterday, as far as we know. Please distribute/inform 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. Also do not open or even look at any mail that says " RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVER " . This virus will attach itself to your computer components and render them useless. Immediately delete mail items that say this. AOL has said that this is a very dangerous virus and that there is NO remedy for it at this time. Mike Cummings IBM Global Services Site Manager - Texaco Denver Region 303/793-4008, Texnet 621-4008 FAX: 303/793-4557 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 1999 Report Share Posted April 24, 1999 This is a hoax. More information can be found here: http://www.datafellows.com/news/hoax/ All virus warnings should be checked before being forwarded. Regards, Gill Allspirit Website - Spiritual poetry, quotations and lyrics http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/gilleardley/ Your only treasures are those which you carry in your heart. ~Demophilus - Vivekananda Centre <vivekananda onelist <ramakrishna > 24 April 1999 19:17 [ramakrishna] Re: A New Virus > " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda > > > -JodyHolly1 <JodyHolly1 > > 24 April 1999 16:01 > A New Virus > > > > OIT-Data Admin > NEW VIRUS > > Someone is sending out a very desirable screen-saver, a Bug's Life - > " BUGGLST.ZIP " . 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 THIS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!! > > IT JUST WENT INTO circulation yesterday, as far as we know. Please > distribute/inform 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. > > Also do not open or even look at any mail that says " RETURNED OR UNABLE TO > DELIVER " . This virus will attach itself to your computer components and > render them useless. Immediately delete mail items that say this. > > AOL has said that this is a very dangerous virus and that there is NO > remedy for it at this time. > > Mike Cummings > IBM Global Services > Site Manager - Texaco Denver Region > 303/793-4008, Texnet 621-4008 > FAX: 303/793-4557 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 1999 Report Share Posted April 25, 1999 It is interesting to note that virus and trojan horse hoaxes (which have been around since the Net began) are a form of virus themselves. They spread like viruses (usually even faster), except they are " viruses of the human mind-computer " or " memes. " The result of these hoax-viruses is to spread what is known by some as FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt). Just an interesting observation on how virus-like these hoaxes are in and of themselves. In fact, sometimes they are more harmful than " real " computer viruses, in that they spread fear. Fear can be more harmful than the loss of a few files on a computer due to a virus. Tim At 07:27 PM 4/24/99 +0100, you wrote: > " Gillian Eardley " <gilleardley > >This is a hoax. >More information can be found here: > >http://www.datafellows.com/news/hoax/ > >All virus warnings should be checked before being forwarded. > >Regards, >Gill > >Allspirit Website - Spiritual poetry, quotations and lyrics >http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/gilleardley/ > >Your only treasures are those which you carry in your heart. >~Demophilus > >- >Vivekananda Centre <vivekananda >onelist <ramakrishna > >24 April 1999 19:17 >[ramakrishna] Re: A New Virus > > >> " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda >> >> >> -JodyHolly1 <JodyHolly1 >> >> 24 April 1999 16:01 >> A New Virus >> >> >> >> OIT-Data Admin >> NEW VIRUS >> >> Someone is sending out a very desirable screen-saver, a Bug's Life - >> " BUGGLST.ZIP " . 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 THIS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!! >> >> IT JUST WENT INTO circulation yesterday, as far as we know. Please >> distribute/inform 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. >> >> Also do not open or even look at any mail that says " RETURNED OR UNABLE >TO >> DELIVER " . This virus will attach itself to your computer components and >> render them useless. Immediately delete mail items that say this. >> >> AOL has said that this is a very dangerous virus and that there is NO >> remedy for it at this time. >> >> Mike Cummings >> IBM Global Services >> Site Manager - Texaco Denver Region >> 303/793-4008, Texnet 621-4008 >> FAX: 303/793-4557 > ----- Visit The Core of the WWW at: http://www.eskimo.com/~fewtch/ND/index.html Music, Poetry, Writings on Nondual Spiritual Topics. Tim's Windows and DOS Shareware/Freeware is at: http://www.eskimo.com/~fewtch/shareware.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 1999 Report Share Posted April 25, 1999 I have checked this out, and it seems to be genuine. More information can be found at: http://www.symantec.com/region/uk/avcenter/chernobyl.html Regards, Gill - Vivekananda Centre <vivekananda <gilleardley 25 April 1999 20:16 Re: [ramakrishna] Re: A New Virus > Hi Gillian > > Thanks for putting us right on this scare. > > We have now recd a second scare - rather than put this on our email list we > thought we will first ask you what you make of this. Both messages came from > Jody who has been a reliable informer of such virus in the past. So we take > her messages seriously. > > If you feel this threat is real then kindly send a posting to our > ramakrishna list directly so all can benefit. > > thanks > Vivekananda Centre London > > copy of email from Jody > Chernobyl Virus Hits Monday > Okay, this is not a hoax people. Other than the normal C1H virus on the > 26th, > there is a new variation. Here is all the info, and fixes, that I have > gathered for you. > > Watch Out for " Chernobyl " Virus ~ Compuserve News > A virus that can erase a hard disc and prevent a computer from restarting is > poised to strike on Monday. However, it can be easily thwarted by > off-the-shelf antivirus software. The virus is dubbed " Chernobyl " because > its > most common version is programmed to activate on Monday, the 13th > anniversary > of the nuclear disaster in Ukraine. " It's been around for quite a while, " > said Kathy Fithen, manager of the Computer Emergency Response Team at > Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. " As long as people stay current > with their antivirus software, they should be in good shape. " Believed to > originate in Taiwan, the virus attempts to erase a hard drive and write > gibberish to the computer's system settings, preventing the machine from > restarting. Unlike the recent " Melissa " scare, which propagated by e-mail, > this virus doesn't spread as quickly because it requires a person to launch > an infected program file to contaminate a computer. --Charles Bowen > > More on the Virus~Nasty PC Virus Set To Hit Monday~AOL News > By Dick Satran-Reuters > > SAN FRANCISCO (April 22) -- A virus that can wipe out all the data on a > personal computer's hard drive and even make it impossible to start programs > up is set to hit next Monday, security experts warned. > > The virus is a malicious piece of software code that has been turning up in > PCs for months, but the version that will strike Monday is the most-feared > variation. > > The so-called CIH or ''space filler'' virus originated in Asia last summer > and hits on the 26th of each month. The CIH 1.2 that appears only once a > year > in April is the ''most prevalent and dangerous'' form of the virus, said Sal > Viveros, marketing vice president for Network Associates Inc., the largest > computer security company. > > The CIH virus is far more dangerous to individual computers than Melissa, > the > much publicized bug that spread relatively benign problems far and wide on > the Internet last month. > > The CIH virus can irretrievably destroy data on a user's computer, and even > make the machine inoperable, while Melissa only really caused embarrassment, > by sending a list of porn sites from a target computer's e-mail address > book, > and tied up some corporate e-mail systems with traffic. > > The CIH gets the name ''space filler'' because it uses a special technique > that secretly fills file space on computers and thwarts many of the > anti-virus softwares in place before its arrival. The virus is also called > the Chernobyl virus because it's timed to go off on the anniversary of the > Russian nuclear accident, one of technology's worst disasters. > > The virus is designed to hide from view by inserting itself into empty > coding > slots on a computer's software utilities. Viruses are often detected because > they use up extra space on hard drives, but the ''space filler'' helps CIH > avoid that traditional method of detection. It can lie dormant for months > before causing damage. > > The April version of the virus is particularly damaging because it can also > keep a computer from starting up by infecting the software on which all the > PC's programs depend, the basic input/output system, or BIOS. If the BIOS > is > infected, the computer will not start. > > Most up-to-date anti-virus software will spot the bug, if it's there, and > many corporate computers have recently upgraded their protection due to the > Melissa scare, said Network Associates' Viveros. > > The biggest impact is likely to be on home computers, said Viveros, who > added > that computer users can download an anti-virus program free of charge from > his company's site (http://www.nai.com). The virus is spread by e-mail over > the Internet or in pirated software. It infects Windows 95 and Windows 98 > files. > > ''People should make sure they have the latest antivirus software run on > their computers,'' said Bill Pollak, of Carnegie Mellon's Software > Engineering Institute, which runs the Computer Emergency Response Team, or > CERT. The center has already prepared an ''incident'' note that it will put > on its site (http://www.cert.org). > > Links to info: > > <A HREF= " http://cnnfn.com/digitaljam/wires/9904/23/chernobyl_wg/ " >New virus > strikes Monday > </A>http://cnnfn.com/digitaljam/wires/9904/2 > 3/chernobyl_wg/ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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