Don't have to worry about me and attachments - I'm still working on copy & paste (Thanks Boss =) )
Sounds like it might be back?
>In Reply to: New Virus - AOL4Free - another hoax?? posted by Barb on April 23, 1997 at
>08:53:58:
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>Barb,
>
>
>"This appears in USA Today, High Tech Section, 4/21/97:
>
>Net program could erase users' hard drives
>
>WASHINGTON, DC -- "AOL4FREE.COM" looks like a program that gives >users
>free, albeit illegal, access to America Online. But the US >Department of Energy's (DOE) Computer
>Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC) division said the file is >really a "Trojan horse" that does
>something quite different - it erases a DOS or Windows user's >hard drive.
>
>"When the AOL4FREE.COM program is executed, all files and >directories on the users C: drive
>are deleted," CIAC said. The solution is a simple one, according >to CIAC -- "DO NOT execute
>this program." But the agency added, "If the program starts >executing, quickly pressing Ctrl-C will
>save some of your files."
>There are questions in the ng if this is a hoax started by AOL, >but the consensus is that it is a real
>Trojan horse.
>
>Teri
>
Stardust