Or viruses themselves esp. if they say things like "forward to anyone you know." Or worse yet, attach a fix for the virus which is usually a virus. btw, if you get a email with a critical update from microsoft and it has an attached patch, those are also viruses. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Toews" <water_drinker@xxxxxxxx> To: "Jfw List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 1:42 PM Subject: Re: a new virus and very danger one, pay attention > This is a very old hoax. It's very bad form to post virus warnings to > mailing lists because usually they turn out to be hoaxes. > > Bruce > > -- > Bruce Toews > E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: water_drinker@xxxxxxxx > Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net > Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com > > On Sat, 16 Jul 2005, Moti Azrad wrote: > > > Hi friends, > > > > I read yesterday, in CNN, that a new and very danger virus starts attacking pc systems. > > It comes especially through emails with the name: "a virtual card for you". > > It's very danger and it attacks the sector 0 of the hard disk that is very important for the operating system to work properly. > > > > So, pay attention and don't open that kind of email. > > > > moti > > > > Moti Azrad > > Musician & Piano-Tuner > > motia@xxxxxxx > > motiaz@xxxxxxxxx > > +9722 583 1849 Jerusalem > > Israel > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx