This one came my way:
Subject: SERIOUS: Computer Virus Warning
Please pass this message on to anyone you know!
Firm warns of INTERNET virus.
CD-Rom manufacturer Chinon America, Inc. says computer vandals have
ilegally put its name on a virus-ridden file and relased it on the
INTERNET.
Chinon warns NOT to download the file called "CD-IT.ZIP", saying
it will corrupt the hard disk!
In a statement from Torrance, CA., Chinon says "The program, allegedly
a shareware PC utility that will convert an ordinary CD-ROM drive into
a CD-Recordable (CR-R) device, which is technically impossible, instead
destroys the files on the PC hard drive.
The program also immediately crashed the CPU, forces the user to reboot
and stays in memory. This virus has proven thus far to be
-undetectable- by traditional virus checkers."
Chinon says that the CD-IT.ZIP file 'promises to enable read/write to
your CD-ROM drive', and lists the program as being authored by Joseph S.
Shriner, couriered by HDA, and copyrighted by Chinon Products.
Saying that it has no division by that name, Chinon management
speculates that the vandals picked its company name to make it seem
that the software was being endorsed by a well know and reputable
CD-ROM manufacturer.
Chinon is urging people with information that could lead to the arrest
and prosecution of these associated with the CD-IT program to call the
company at (310) 533-0274.
Later,
Ron DuFresne
On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Hisham Khalifa Al Saad wrote:
> Hi members of Firewalls,
>
> I got this Virus alert in my mail box, and by myself i forward it to
> you:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Hi,
> We just got word that there is a new virus screaming around the
> internet that will wipe out your hard drive if you open the file.
> Here is the word
> they sent us...
>
> "There is a computer virus that is being sent across the internet. If
> you receive an e-mail with a subject line of "Irinia", DO NOT read the
> message.
> Delete it immediately. Some miscreant is sending people files under the
> name of "Irinia". If you receive this file or e-mail, do not download
> it.
> It has a virus that rewrites your hard drive, obliterating anything on
> it.
> Please be careful and forward this e-mail to anyone you care about."
>
> This information was received from Professor Edward Prideaux, College of
> Salvonic Studies, London.
>
> This virus appears to be much more aggressive than the irritating
> Microsoft word virus. Be alert.
>
> ----------------------- END OF ALERT MESSAGE
> ----------------------------------
>
>
> Thank you,
> Take Care,
>
> Hisham Al Saad
> University of Bahrain
>
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OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch anything.
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