>Forwarded message follows:
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>Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 10:09:32 -0400
>To: Multiple recipients of list SEMNET <SEMNET@UA1VM.UA.EDU>,
> healnet@fhs.csu.McMaster.CA,
> Multiple recipients of list <metho@uquebec.ca>,
> multilevel@mailbase.ac.uk, Robert Sullivan <rbs@accent.net>
>From: Alain Marchand <marchand@ere.umontreal.ca>
>Subject: VIRUS ALERT (fwd)
>
>>>For your information ...
>>>
>>> DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY FILE NAMED PKZIP300 REGARDLESS
>>> OF THE
>>> EXTENSION!!! WARNING!!!!! Read the following and take note for
>>> those
>>> of you who access the web and ftp sites. . . BE WARE!!! Notify
>>> your
>>> friends and family and total strangers too!!! We don't want to deal
>>> with anything like this what-so-ever!!!
>>>
>>> We work closely with the military and received this message from
>>> a
>>> very reliable source in DC this morning. 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" (compress) files. DO NOT DOWNLOAD this
>>> file
>>> under any circumstances!!! If you install or expand this file, the
>>> virus WILL wipe your hard disk clean and affect modems at 14.4
>>> and
>>> higher.
>>>
>>> This is an extremely destructive virus and there is NOT yet a way
>>> of
>>> cleaning up this one.
>>> REPEAT: DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY FILE NAMED PKZIP300
>>> REGARDLESS OF THE
>>> EXTENSION!!!
>>>
>>>===========================================================
>>====
>>> According to several reliable sources there is a deadly virus on
>>> the Internet. This is NOT a hoax!
>>>
>>> WHAT:
>>> Virus Alert: PKZIP 3.0 Trojan Loose on the Internet
>>>> BACKGROUND:
>>> A trojan (virus) program, PKZIP 3.0, which is advertised as an
>>> updated version of the popular compression utility PKZIP, is
>>> currently being distributed on the Internet. Please note that this
>>> trojan is REAL and DESTRUCTIVE. Once executed, this program
>>will
>>> destroy data on your hard drive; there's no stopping it.
>>>
>>> According to PKWARE, makers of PKZIP, the only released
>>versions
>>> of PKZIP are: 1.10, 1.93, 2.04c, 2.04e and 2.04g. All other
>>> versions currently circulating on the Internet are suspect and
>>> should not be used.
>>>
>>> ACTION REQUIRED:
>>> Please do not download or execute any files that are named
>>> PKZ300B.EXE, PKZ300B.ZIP, PKZIP300.ZIP, PKZIP300.EXE, etc.
>>from
>>> the Internet or other external source.
>>>
>>> FIX:
>>> We are not aware of a fix as of this date (short of
>>> reconstructing the drive).
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Cihat ARIKAN (E.U. Tekstil Muh.)
E-mail: arikan@bornova.ege.edu.tr
arikan@textile.ege.edu.tr
arikan@textil.ege.edu.tr [(+90)(232)3880110-2773]