Please read this page about computer virus myths. IT is both informative
and entertaining.  It was posted earlier by another Bee-liner, but I
thought it would be worth reposting.
 
http://www.kumite.com/myths/
 
Eric Abell wrote:
>
> This came to me from a respected source.  It is not about bees but it might
> be of concern to all of us.
>
> There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. If you
> receive an email message with the subject line "Deeyenda", DO NOT read
> the message, DELETE it immediately. Someone is sending email under the
> title "Deeyenda" nationwide - so if you get anything like this DON'T
> DOWNLOAD THE FILE! It has a virus that rewrites your hard drive,
> obliterating anything on it.
>
> The virus is being spread throughout the internet, including USENET
> posting, EMAIL, and other internet activities.  The reason for all the
> attention is because of the nature of this virus and the potential
> security risks.  The virus, referred to as Deeyenda Maddick, performs a
> comprehensive search on your computer, looking for valuable information,
> such as email and login passwords, credit cards, personal info, etc.
> The Deeyenda virus also has the capability to stay memory resident while
> running a host of applications and operation systems, such as Windows
> 3.11 and Windows 95.  What this means to Internet users is that when a
> login and PASSWORD are sent to the server, this virus can COPY this
> information and SEND IT OUT TO AN UNKNOWN ADDRESS (varies).  The reason
> for this warning is because the Deeyenda virus is virtually
> undetectable.  Once attacked, your computer will be unsecure.   Although
> it can attack any operating system, this virus is most likely to attack
> those users viewing Java enhanced Web Pages (Netscape 2.0+ and Microsoft
> Internet Explorer 3.0+ which are running on Windows 95) .   Researchers
> at Princeton University have found this virus on a number of World Wide
> Web pages and fear its spread.  Please pass this on to people outside
> Treasury if you wish, for we must alert the general public to the
> security risk.
>
> Eric
> Eric Abell
> Gibbons, Alberta Canada
> (403) 998 3143
> [log in to unmask]