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Free Pizza Virus Hoax

Discovered: October 15, 1999
Type: Hoax

SUMMARY

Symantec Security Response encourages you to ignore any messages regarding this hoax. It is harmless and is intended only to cause unwarranted concern. Please ignore any messages regarding this hoax and do not pass on messages. Passing on messages about the hoax only serves to further propagate it.


TECHNICAL DETAILS


The following message has been sent out by email. It is a hoax.

The hoax message is similar to the following:

Spanish version:

Asunto: URGENTET

tengan precaución con lo que bajan de internet o E-Mail. Microsoft envió un mensaje por cadena nacional en los Estados Unidos, alertando sobre una nueva amenaza de virus. Este virus se conoce como el virus mas inteligente del mundo, no tiene ninguna relación con el Melissa, mas bien es un virus mutante queataca directamente el archivo REGEDIT, que es quien se encarga de mantener los registros de ciertos parámetros importantes en Windows, y su poderío es talque ha logrado vulnerar sistemas de redes bancarios y bases de datos bajo el sistema Oracle y Unix. El nombre de este virus es EAT SHIT, y se manifiesta de varias formas:1.- En forma de E-mail, cuando recibas un mensaje con el titulo FREE PIZZA! "NUNCA" lo abras, otra forma de manifestarse es,2.- Se aloja dentro de archivos ejecutables, tales como EXE y COM.Por favor
ten mucho cuidado cuando bajes archivos de Internet, siempre trata de scanear todo programa nuevo que vayas a usar en tu computadora con un antivirus, preferiblemente el Virus Scan de Mc Afee, ya que este virus es capaz de destruir toda la FAT de tu disco duro, inclusive aquellos sistemas montados en NT, es mas, puede hasta contagiarse vía transmisión de datos, bajo el protocolo TCP/IP, el cual es el mas comúnmente usado en Internet, esto es algo sumamente delicado, así que por favor ten cuidado cada vez que te conectes a la red y tenmcuidado con quien vayas a hablar por los chats, ya que no se ha determinado si puedes contagiarte con solo hacer conexión DCC con otras personas, pero se tiene la fuerte sospecha de que así es. Por favor reenvía este mensaje a todas las personas que conozcas, es algo sumamente peligroso y no se ha determinado cura ni medida preventiva para poder corregir esta situación.Atentamente:José M. NogueraVice-Presidente CorporativoPara el área latinoamericanaMicrosoft Corporation.


English translation:

Subject: URGENT

Be careful with thje stuff that you download from Internet or the E-mail. Microsoft sent a message nation-wide in the US, warning about a new virus threat. This virus is known as the smartest virus of the world, this virus has not any relation with Melissa, instead is mutant virus that attacks directly to the REGEDIT file, which mantains therecords of few important parameters in Windows, and its so powerful that it can injure bank´s network systems and databases under Oracle and Unix. The name of this virus is EAT SHIT, and it manifests itself in several ways:1.- By E-mail, when you receive a message with title "FREE PIZZA!" DON´T open it, another way is,2.- It stores itself on executable files, as EXE and COM files. Please be careful while downloading file from Internet, always try to scan with an Antivirus (preferred McAffee´s Virus Scan) every new program before using it on your computer, this virus can destroy the hole FAT of your hard drive, even systems running NT, in fact, this virus can propagates itself via data transmission, over TCP/IP protocol (this is the protocol commonly used over Internet) This is very delicate, so please be careful everytime you get connected to the net and be careful if you will use chat programs, until now, it´s not determined if you can be infected only by the DCC connection with another people, but we suspect thatit can be possible. Please forward this message to all the people you know, it´s extremely dangerous and there is no cure ar preventive measures to correct this situation.Regards:José M. NogueraCorporate Vice-Presidentfor Latin America areaMicrosoft Corporation.
Please ignore any messages regarding this hoax and do not pass on messages. Passing on messages about the hoax only serves to further propagate it.

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