Re: FW: Virus alert<<<NONSENSE !!

["Kurt Wesseling" <kwessel@enm.maine.edu>]

There is NO SUCH THING THE SO CALLED "VIRUS" DESCRIBED BELOW.

The warning message is the virus---it's another net chain letter.

see http://www.kumite.com/myths/    for the latest hoax info.

Kurt
> >
> >
> >  VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION: PLEASE READ !
> >  
> >  There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. If you
> >receive an email message with the subject line "Deeyenda", DO NOT read the
> >message, DELETE it immediately. Please read the messages below.  Some
> >miscreant is sending email under the title "Deeyenda" nationwide, if you get
> >anything like this DON'T DOWNLOAD THE FILE! It has a virus that rewrites your
> >hard drive, obliterating anything on it. Please be careful and forward this
> >mail to anyone you care about.
> >  
> >       FCC WARNING !!!!! -----  DEEYENDA PLAGUES INTERNET ----
> >  
> >  The internet community has again been plagued by another computer virus.
> >This message is being spread throughout the internet, including USENET
> >posting, EMAIL, and other interent activities..  The reason for all the
> >  attention is because of the nature of this virus and the potential security
> >risks it makes.
> >  
> >  Instead of a destructive trojan virus (most viruses!), this virus, referred
> >to as Deeyenda Maddick, performs a comprehensive search on your computer,
> >looking for valuable information, such as email and login
> >  passwords, credit cards, personal info, etc.  The Deeyenda virus also has
> >the capability  to stay memory resident while running a host of applications
> >and operation systems, such as Windows 3.11 and windows 95.
> >  
> >  What this means to internet users is that when a login and PASSWORD are
> >sent to the server, this virus can COPY this information and SEND IT OUT TO
> >AN UNKNOWN ADDRESS (varies).
> >  
> >  The reason for this warning is because the Deeyenda virus is virtually
> >undetectable.  Once attacked, your computer will be unsecure.   Although it
> >can attack any O/S, this virus is most likely to attack those users
> >  viewing Java enhanced Web Pages (Netscape 2.0+ and Microsoft  Internet
> >Explorer 3.0+ which are running on Windows 95) .   Researchers at Princeton
> >University have found this virus on a number of World Wide Web pages and fear
> >its spread.
> >  
> >  Please pass this on, for we must alert the general public at the security
> >risks.
> >  
> >
> >
> 
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Kurt Wesseling
Technical Support Center
The Education Network of Maine
800-696-4357
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