Sinister: *****!!!!READ THIS NOW!!!!!*****

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>From what I've been told - the virus is actually the e-mail just sent with 
READ THIS NOW . Notice it has an attachment - do not open the attachment 
whatever you do - that is where the virus would be - the method of 
spreading the virus is to say "forward this warning"- which isn't a warning 
but actually the virus! -  most people forward the warning where in turn 
they are actually spreading the virus......so don't forward the original 
e-mail to anyone else - just delete it!
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Original Text
From: LukeOwens7 <LukeOwens7 at xxx.com>, on 3/17/98 1:33 PM:
your computer cannot be infected with a virus simply by accessing and 
reading
messages in Internet newsgroups. You must actually download an infected 
file
to your hard disk from an Internet site, unencode or decompress that file 
(if
such is necessary), and then execute the file in order for an infection to
occur.  

found on AOL virus center
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