Microsoft Mail virus warning *NOT A HOAX* (fwd)

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Lashley H. Mann II (Lee)                                         lmann@uucom.com
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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 07:44:53 -0500 (EST)
From: John Kupiec <jkupiec@uucom.com>
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Subject: Microsoft Mail virus warning *NOT A HOAX* (fwd)

For more information on this virus, go to the web page cited on the McAffee
web site.

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>Homer Wilson Smith     News, Web, Telnet      Art Matrix - Lightlink
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>
>************************* WESNET ALERT *****************************
>
>Warning: If you receive a message with the
>following subject or banner: "You have GOT to
>read this!", do not click on its attachment.
>Immediately delete the attachment and the entire message.
>
>>From McAfee Associates:
>see http://www.mcafee.com/support/techdocs/vinfo/v3333.html for more info.
>
>                                ShareFun.A
>
>              This macro virus spreads by infecting Word
>              documents in Microsoft Word versions 6.x and
>              7.x on Windows and Macintosh platforms.
>              There is a 1 in 4 chance, after the virus has
>              infected of doing the following activity:
>              First, the macro virus will save a copy of
>              itself. Then it will check to see if you are
>              running Microsoft Mail. If so, the virus will
>              find 3 random people in your mail list and send
>              a copy of the infected document with the
>              following subject: "You have GOT to read this!"
>
>              If MSWord is launched to read this attached
>              file, the receiver will become infected and
>              above process will begin again.
>
>              Warning: If you receive a message with the
>              following subject or banner: "You have GOT to
>              read this!", do not execute its attachment.
>              Delete the entire message.
><SNIP>
>
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