-----Original Message-----
From: Winston [mailto:averawc@trip.net]
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 1:28 PM
To: Jan & George Humphrey; Susan Roth
Subject: FW: New Virus Alert



Please beware of the new virus described below.  It sounds quite bad.

> Worst Virus ever.....CNN announced.
>
> PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST!!
>
> A new virus has just been discovered that has been
> classified by Microsoft
>
> as the most destructive ever! This virus was discovered
> yesterday afternoon
>
> by McAfee and no vaccine has yet been developed. This
> virus simply destroys
>
> Sector Zero from the hard disk, where vital information
> for its functioning are stored.
>
> This virus acts in the following manner: It sends itself
> automatically to all contacts
>
> on your list with the title ?A Card for You.? As soon as
> the supposed virtual card
>
> is opened, the computer freezes so that the user has to
> reboot. When the keys or
>
> the reset button are pressed, the virus destroys Sector
> Zero, thus permanently
>
> destroying the hard disk. Yesterday in just a few hours
> this virus caused panic in
>
> New York, according to news broadcast by CNN. This alert
> was received by an
>
> employee of Microsoft itself. So don?t open any mails
> with subject: ?A Virtual Card for You.?
>
> As soon as you get the mail, delete it even if you know
> the sender.
>
> Please pass this mail to all of your friends. Forward
> this to everyone in your address book.
>
> I?m sure most people, like myself, would rather receive
> this 25 times than not at all.
>
> Also: Intel announced that a new and very destructive
> virus was discovered recently.
>
> If you receive an email called? An Internet Flower For
> You?, do not open it. Delete it right away!
>
> This Virus removes all dynamic link libraries (.DLL
> files) from your computer. Your computer will not be
> able to boot up!!



Regards,

Kelly P. Dyke
Engineering Technology/Network Manager
ARCADIS
(281)496-9737
kdyke@arcadis-us.com <mailto:kdyke@arcadis-us.com>