Fwd: Virus Warning in PKZIP3

[Tompaleo@xxxxxxx]

>From a friend at UOK,


>    Subject: new virus warning
>       
>
      **********************************************************************
>       *****
>       There is a new virus on the internet, there is no CLEANSING available

>       for this as yet, please read below and be careful.
>       This is being sent to a general audience, to caution with file 
>       sharing.
>       
>
      ======================================================================
>       =====
>       DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY FILE NAMED PKZIP300 REGARDLESS OF EXTENSION. A
NEW 
>       Trojan Horse Virus has emerged on the Internet with the name 
>       PKZIP300.ZIP, so named as to give the impression that this file is a 
>       new version of the PKZIP software used to "zip" compressed files.  DO

>       NOT DOWNLOAD THIS FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!  If you install or 
>       expand the file, the virus WILL wipe your hard disk clean and affect 
>       modems at 14.4 and higher. This is an extremely destructive virus & 
>       there is NOT yet a way of cleaning this one up.
>       
>       PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU KNOW.
>  
>  
>  
Regards,
Thomas R. Lipka
Paleontological/Geological Studies

---------------------
Forwarded message:
From:	Paul.Deangelis@CCLINK.NET.uokhsc.edu
To:	berke@orthomsm.net.uokhsc.edu, tompaleo@aol.com
Date: 96-10-17 18:30:31 EDT

     Subject: new virus warning
     
     **********************************************************************
     *****
     There is a new virus on the internet, there is no CLEANSING available 
     for this as yet, please read below and be careful.
     This is being sent to a general audience, to caution with file 
     sharing.
     
     ======================================================================
     =====
     DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY FILE NAMED PKZIP300 REGARDLESS OF EXTENSION. A NEW 
     Trojan Horse Virus has emerged on the Internet with the name 
     PKZIP300.ZIP, so named as to give the impression that this file is a 
     new version of the PKZIP software used to "zip" compressed files.  DO 
     NOT DOWNLOAD THIS FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!  If you install or 
     expand the file, the virus WILL wipe your hard disk clean and affect 
     modems at 14.4 and higher. This is an extremely destructive virus & 
     there is NOT yet a way of cleaning this one up.
     
     PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU KNOW.