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

[Dan Schmidt]

I thought it had been a while since we saw this...

This is a hoax.  It's always a hoax.  Last time around the supposed
virus was called "Good Times".  Now it's "Deeyenda."  Same thing.

Do a web search for "Deeyenda" if you want to see some pages about the
history of the hoax.  It's been around for years.

What's kind of interesting is that it is a virus in a way - it's just
a thought virus.  This warning goes around every six months or so, and
cannot be eradicated from the Internet...

Dan

<MASCARO at HUMnet.UCLA.EDU> writes:
| 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---
| 
| >------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
| -------
| >Subject:  **********VIRUS ALERT**********
| >
| >
| >   **********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.