P3D "holiday" virus hoax...

[Bob Wier <wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For anyone who is new to the internet, periodically there are warnings of computer
viruses which circulate thru the net about receiving an e-mail message which wipes
your hard disk. There is no verified occurrence of this ever happening. The closest
possibility would be if someone were to e-mail you a program or "macro" for a 
program, and you then turned around and exectuted it on your machine, which would
be a truly dumb thing to do.

There is currently a virus hoax on the net called  "Win a Holiday" - note this is
a HOAX, not an actual virus (or alternately, you can look at it as a meta-virus since it
causes problems by people talking about it, rather than it actually existing...)

If you receive a warning similar to the one below, please do NOT forward it on nor
post it to the mailing list. If you ever receive a warning you believe to be legitimate,
kindly check with the moderators before you post it to the list.

THANKS

   ====== wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ======
  5:14 PM Thursday, June 25, 1998
   keeper of the Photo-3d and Overland-Trails
       mailing lists and other stuff
     (currently in Ouray, Colorado)

hoax begins...

WIN A HOLIDAY hoax 

This is a false warning of a malicious e-mail which does not exist. 

Here's an example of the hoax. 


        If you receive an email titled "WIN A HOLIDAY" DO NOT open it.
        It will erase everything on your hard drive. Forward this
        letter outto as many people as you can. This is a new, very
        malicious virus and not many people know about it. This
        information was announced yesterday (16/2/98) morning from
        Microsoft; please share it with everyone that might access the
      .......




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