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IP: non authenticated virus alert
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 13:24:12 -0400
From: Daniel Iuculano <danieli () msn com> To: James Bird <justjimb () net-magic net> Subject: Virus Alert Date: Tuesday, October 15, 1996 10:19 AM DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY FILE NAMED PKZIP300 REGARDLESS OF EXTENSION.A NEW Trojan Horse Virus has emerged on the Internet with the name PKZIP300.ZIP, so named as to give the impression that this file is a new version of the PKZIP software used to "zip," or compress, files. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!! If you install or expand the file, the virus WILL wipe your hard disk clean and affect modems 14.4 and higher. This is an extremely destructive virus & there is NOT yet a way of cleaning this one up. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU KNOW . >
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