minstrel: Possible virus going around

[Daniel Fenwick]

This is a hoax, and an old one at that.  You can find info at:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jesus-hoax.html
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/ittakesguts.html
http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=98307

You can get info on hoaxes in general, and whyt it's bad to spread them at:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/articles/hoaxes.html

Any time you get something like this, try search at:
http://search.symantec.com/custom/us/query.html
http://www.sophos.com/search/index.cgi
http://vil.mcafee.com/default.asp

Please look up info on any virus warning you get in your email before you
pass it on.  By far, the vast majority are hoaxes.

Dan

> Good gentles,
>
> There is an e-mail going around warning of a virus which arrives with the
> subject line "It takes guts to say Jesus" which apparently reformats your
> entire hard drive.  I am in the process of independently verifying this
> warning with IBM, since the warning purports to have originated with one
of
> their employees, and will report when I have concrete news one way or the
> other.  Until then, however, I would suggest not opening anything with
that
> subject line just in case.
>
> Yours in Service to Technology,
> Katerin ferch Gwenllian