From: jtrum@atmos.washington.edu (Jackie Trump)
Subject: ALERT-New Version Zip Virus (fwd)
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 13:01:11 -0700
>Sender: owner-all_users@atmos.washington.edu >From: Gad Levy <gad@atmos.washington.edu> >Subject: ALERT-New Version Zip Virus (fwd) >To: all_users@atmos.washington.edu >Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 10:33:59 -0700 (PDT) >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Forwarded message: >>From donna@dino.gia.alaska.edu Wed Aug 21 10:02 PDT 1996 >From: donna@dino.gia.alaska.edu >Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 08:55:35 -0800 (AKDT) >X-Sender: donna@dino.gi.alaska.edu >Message-Id: <v01530501ae407cd35215@[137.229.31.21]> >Mime-Version: 1.0 >To: lyn@dino.gi.alaska.edu, fdc@pacific.jpl.nasa.gov, > martin@dino.gi.alaska.edu, kmorris@iias.images.alaska.edu, > clingle@dino.gi.alaska.edu, sgeorge@gis.lter.alaska.edu, > knut@kaja.gi.alaska.edu, cwales@iias.images.alaska.edu, > stringer@dino.gi.alaska.edu, chanks@dino.gi.alaska.edu, > sli@iias.images.alaska.edu, dverbyla@merlin.salrm.alaska.edu, > eslinger@skua.ims.alaska.edu, jgroves@iias.images.alaska.edu, > kevin@skua.ims.alaska.edu, rfatland@iias.images.alaska.edu, > jmiller@dino.gi.alaska.edu, csearcy@iias.images.alaska.edu, > TGEORGE@santa.asf.alaska.edu, ftcw@aurora.alaska.edu, > pips@dino.gi.alaska.edu, ftkrs@aurora.alaska.edu, > cze@iias.images.alaska.edu, rduerr@santa.asf.alaska.edu, > rguritz@iias.images.alaska.edu, wrutherf@iias.images.alaska.edu, > rwade@iias.images.alaska.edu, kdean@dino.gi.alaska.edu, > asfuwg.plus@juneau.gi.alaska.edu, adro.pi@juneau.gi.alaska.edu >Subject: ALERT-New Version Zip Virus >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Length: 1233 > >FORWARDED WARNING: >Subject: New and Dangerous Virus For your information ... > >DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY FILE NAMED PKZIP300 REGARDLESS OF THE EXTENSION > >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. > > >***************** Alaska SAR Facility Science Division ***************** > Science,Technology and Education Program > Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks > PO Box 757320, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-7320 > Voice: (907) 474-6390, Fax: (907) 474-6441 > Email donna@dino.gi.alaska.edu >**** A candle loses nothing of its light by lighting another candle **** > > > > >-- > -Gad Levy >