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.!