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Subject: Re: your mail
From: "Nathan J. Mehl" <nmehl @ leftbank . com>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 09:54:12 -0400 (EDT)
To: RibMan @ tpgi . com . au (Rob RibMan)
Cc: list-managers @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <199704082254.IAA20790@random.tpgi.com.au> from "Rob RibMan" at Apr 9, 97 08:54:35 am

In the immortal words of Rob RibMan:

> <chomp>
> Subject: FW: Toni Kawada: Internet Virus !!!! Please Read. (fwd)
> >THIS INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED THIS MORNING FROM IBM, PLEASE SHARE IT
> >ENTITLED "PENPAL GREETINGS!"  This message appears to be a friendly
> <chomp>

> I presume this is puke.  Is there a site dedicated to declaring genuine and
> non-genuine viruses?

As a matter of fact, yes.  Ironically given the content of the above
message, the site devoted to debunking virus hoaxes is, in fact,
run by IBM:

	http://www.av.ibm.com/BreakingNews/HypeAlert/

-n

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