(Fwd) FW: **********VIRUS ALERT**********

[MASCARO at HUMnet.UCLA.EDU]

NYAAAAHHHH!!!! This just showed up on my e-mail, from my department's admin. 
asst. (i.e. reliable source).  Somebody tell me what it means!!!  Sez to pass it along to 
anyone you care about, so---

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>Subject:  **********VIRUS ALERT**********
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>   **********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" 
>nationwide,if you get anything like this DON'T DOWNLOAD THE FILE!  It 
>has a virus that rewrites your hard drive, obliterates anything on it. 
> Please be careful and forward this e-mail to anyone you care about.
>FCC WARNING!  DEEYENDA PLAGUES 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
>Deeyenda Maddick, performs a comprehensive search on your computer,
>looking for valuable information, such as E-mail and login passwords,
>credit cards, personal inf., etc.
>
>The Deeyenda virus also has the capability to stay memory resident 
>while
>running a host of applications and operation systems, such as Windows
>3.11 and Windows 95.  What this means to Internet users is that when a 
>login
>and password are send to the server, this virus can copy this 
>information
>and SEND IT OUT TO UN UNKNOWN ADDRESS (varies).
>
>The reason for this warning is because the Deeyenda virus is 
>virtually
>undetectable.  Once attacked your computer will be unsecured. 
> Although
>it can attack any O/S 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 on, we must alert the general public of the security 
>risks.
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