Kevin A Straight (straight@JUNO.COM)
Thu, 19 Dec 1996 15:32:19 EST
Message-ID: <19961219.133124.7023.1.Straight@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 15:32:19 EST
From: Kevin A Straight <straight@JUNO.COM>
Subject: [Fwd: VIRUS ALERT-Urgent-Read this first]
To: Multiple recipients of list CIVIL-L <CIVIL-L@hermes.csd.unb.ca>
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From: Lee Yackey
DATE: 12/17/96
RE: VIRUS ALERT-Urgent-Read this first
PLEASE READ THIS AND OBEY!
This message is originally from Keith Pavlick from the Office of
Representative
Wolf of the United States House of Representatives. Phone: (202)
225-5136
A destructive virus is spreading via Internet E-mail. Don't open
any
E-Mail with the subject line "Deeyenda". Delete it immediately. For
more
detail, please see below.
******************************VIRUS ALERT*****************************
VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ!
There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. If
you
receive an e-mail message with the subject line "Deeyenda", DO NOT READ
THE MESSAGE, DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY!
Some miscreant is sending e-mail under the title "Deeyenda", if you
get
anything like this DON'T DOWNLOAD THE FILE! 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.
Please read the message below.
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FCC WARNING!!!!!-------DEEYENDA PLAGUES THE INTERNET
The Internet community has again been plagued by another computer
virus.
This message is being spread throughout the Internet, including USENET
posting,
E-Mail, and other Internet activities. The reason for all the attention
is
because of the nature of this virus and the potential security risk it
makes.
Instead of a destructive Trojan virus (like most viruses!), this virus
referred
to as the Deeyenda Maddick virus, performs a comprehensive search on your
computer, looking for valuable information, such as e-mail and login
passwords,
credit card numbers, personal information, etc.
The Deeyenda virus also has the capability to stay memory resident
while
running a host of applications and operating systems, such as Windows
3.11
and Windows 95. What this means to Internet users is that when a login
and
password are sent to the server, this virus can copy this information and
SEND
IT OUT TO AN UNKNOWN ADDRESS (it varies).
The reason for this warning is because the Deeyenda virus is
virtually
undetectable. Once the virus attacks, your computer will be unsecure.
Although it can attack any OS (Operating System), this virus is most
likely
to attack those users viewing Java enhanced Web pages (Netscape 2.0+ and
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0+ which are running under Windows 95).
Researchers
at Princeton University have found this virus on a number of World Wide
Web
pages and fear its spread.
Please pass this message on as soon as you get this message, for we
must alert the general public at the security risks of this virus.
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