I received this today. If this is another hoax, my apologies......

Otmar


>Subject: virus
>>
>>If you receive an e-mail titled.JOIN THE CREW/for PENPALS DO NOT open
>>it!  It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive!   Send this letter out
>>to as many people as you can.  This is a new virus and not many people
>>know about it! This information was received this morning by IBM, Please
>>share it with anyone that might access the internet!!
>>
>>PENPAL appears to be a friendly letter asking you if you are interested
>>in a penpal, but by the time you read this letter it is TOO late.
>>
>>The Trojan horse virus will have already infected the boot sector of
>>your hard drive, destroying all the data present. It is a
>>self-replicating virus, and once the message is read it will
>>AUTOMATICALLY forward itself to anyone who's e-mail address is present
>>in your box! This virus will destroy your hard drive and holds the
>>potential to DESTROY the hard drive of anyone whose mail is in your box
>>and whose mail is in their box and so on and on!
>>
>>So delete any message titled PENPAL or JOIN THE CREW.  This virus can do
>>major DAMAGE to worldwide networks!
>>
>>PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND PEOPLE IN YOUR
>>MAILBOXES.
>>AOL HAS SAID THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS VIRUS AND THERE IS NO REMEDY FOR
>>THIS. FORWARD IT TO ALL YOUR ON-LINE FRIENDS A.S.A.P.!