Sarah is 100% correct on this. The message generates its own life, and circulates on the Internet every few months. The message itself is the virus. It always causes a flurry, and someone out there is in a panic. Watch, though! This same warning will come up again in a few months. This is the 4th cycle or so that I've seen it (the first time was about 3 or 4 years ago). Reading an email itself can't transmit a [computer] virus. Chris Booth > ---------- > From: Sarah Graham > Reply To: Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine > Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 1998 2:28 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: watch out!: the truth! > > At 18:54 03/06/98 +0900, you wrote: > > >> If you receive an email titled "WIN A HOLIDAY" DO NOT open it. > >>> It will erase everything on your hard drive. > > Don't worry about this, it is a hoax. Opening an e-mail cannot do this > kind > of damage to your computer. A virus has get into your hard-drive by being > down-loaded, usually as part of a program. Apparently, this bogus > information has been circulating for a while, and is itself the 'virus', > in > that encourages us to get worked up about nothing. I have been told this > by > more than one person who is 'in the know' about these things, so I think > we > can rest easy. > Sarah > > > > ************************************************** > * When I am talking about the weather * > * I know what I am talking about. * > * Kurt Schwitters * > ************************************************** >