> Subject: [Fwd: Fwd: FW: Virus Alert!]
> Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 17:20:00 -0500
> From: Dianne Renaud IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>
>
    Snip, Snip

> >>
> >>>> > Subject:      Virus Alert!
> >>>> > WARNING!!!!  If you receive an e-mail titled "JOIN THE CREW" DO NOT
> >>>> > open it!  It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive!
> >>Send this message out to as many people as you can...this is a new
> >>virus and not many people know about it!  This message was received
> >>this morning from IBM, and the Army National Guard, please share it with
> >>anyone that might access the Internet.


Not this again!!!  Noooooooooooo!!
The JOIN THE CREW virus is a HOAX, fake, phony, does not exist.
Symantec is a maker of Anti Virus software and they have a website all
about virus HOAXs.  The address is:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html

Please bookmark it and consult it when another hoax like this pops its
head up.  Real virus would be mentioned heavily in the news (newspapers,
TV etc.).

Staci

Oh yeah, when a message says to send it to as many people as possible,
it should be a red flag.