All of these "email viruses" are hoaxes, and by forwarding them you're
just giving the authors what they want. You cannot be infected with
anything simply by reading a message. At a minimum, you have to open an
attachment.
Another thing is that you're not going to find legitimate virus warnings
spamed out to people with a warning like "forward this to all your
friends". The same goes for email messages promising medical treatment
for terminally ill kids, or money for forwarding a message to 'x' number
of people. These are all games played by immature people to get thier 15
seconds of fame (the same reason people create real viruses).
I know you're well intentioned, but the less we spread this garbage
around the fewer people will feel the need to imitate it.
Thanks... :)
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bradley Mabb
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 12:46 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Virus Warning
As you pointed out (and as did Bonnie), MANY of these viruses ARE
hoaxes,
but I still thought I should pass it on and let everyone out there
decide
whether they want to take the chance or not.
enjoy,
Brad
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