This is a hoax.
Anyway, just by saying that "reading" a mailgram wipes out
your hard drive is of utmost foolishness.
Denis Valois
Computer & Network Security
SITA (Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques)
On Mon, 02 Dec 1996 10:06:28 +0300 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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