[ilugd] Possible Virus Threat Coming

[Sanjeev "Ghane" Gupta]

On Friday, September 05, 2003 3:33 PM [GMT+0800=SGT],
Sohel Shaheen Mallik <sohel at tathya.com> wrote:

> Hi there all , iam sorry i didnot know sending to so many
> recepients would cause a problem , since this was a security
> concern i forwarded a message to all my friends and also to the
> users of the group bcos i know what problems the blaster worm
> and sobig caused .. so i am sending the mail specifically this
> time .. take care .. all the best !!

Thank you.

> Hi all, for your information,
>
> During the next several weeks be VERY cautious about opening or
> launching any e-mails that refer to the WorldTradeCenter or
> 9/11 in any way, regardless of who sent it. PLEASE FORWARD TO
> ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
>
> For those that don't know, 'WTC' stands for the
> WorldTradeCenter. This is very dangerous because people will
> open it right away, thinking it's a story relating to 9-11. Do
> not open "WTC Survivor"... It is a virus that will erase your
> whole 'C" drive. It will come to you in the form of an E-mail
> from a familiar person. I repeat, a friend sent it to me, but
> called and warned me before I opened it. He was not so lucky
> and now he can't even start his computer! Forward this to
> everyone in your address book.

Your freind, or a freind of the person who sent you this warning?  Are
you the author of this paragraph, or did you copy/paste it?

> If you receive an email called "WTC Survivor" do NOT open it.
> Delete it right away! This virus remove all dynamic link
> libraries (.DLL files) from your computer.

Which would be pointless, if the virus was erasing your whole C:
drive.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wtc.survivor.h
oax.html

You need a better set of freinds ;-)
--
Sanjeev