Re: FW: FYI-WARNING (fwd) Zip300 Trojan Horse?

["Otto Matic" <ott0matic@hotmail.com>]

Is this for real?  If not, forgive me for posting this to your list.

>From:Matthew Hayton <mhayton@vt.edu>
>Subject: FW: FYI-WARNING (fwd)
>Sender: owner-sfraves@hyperreal.com
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>>From: "Bayless, Marilyn J. Capt" <BAYLESMJ@CISF.AF.MIL>
>>To: "hayton, todd" <mhayton>
>>Subject: FW: FYI-WARNING (fwd)
>>Date: Wed, 02 Oct 96 11:40:00 MDT
>>Encoding: 63 TEXT
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>>From: Bailey, Craig E. Mr.
>>To: Bosse, Roger H., Civ; Ferribee, George, Civ; Caracillo, Mike R. Mr.; 
>>Fleming, Kirk Mr.; Guthrie, Michael P. Mr.; Kounter, Mike J. Mr.; Allen, 
>>Scott C., Capt\DET1; Thomas, Christopher  2Lt; 'Kelch, William  Mr.'; Einmo, 
>>Kent  Maj; Myers, Gale  Maj; 'Gribble, TSgt (SEIT)'; 'Manas, Capt (SEIT)'; 
>>SSSGp (All CISF Bldg Pers)
>>Subject: FW: FYI-WARNING (fwd)
>>Date: Wednesday, October 02, 1996 11:33AM
>>
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>>From:  Sanders, Timothy  SrA
>>Sent:  Wednesday, October 02, 1996 9:00 AM
>>To:  Gebhardt, Dean MSgt; Potter, Rodney MSgt; Bailey, Craig E. Mr.; 
>>Guthrie, Michael P. Mr.; Armstrong, Harry  SSgt; Drent, Shirley  Ms DoD; 
>>McFadden-Garnier, Jacquelin MS; Slomski, John  MSgt; Burgtorf, Christina 
>> SSgt; Brown, James  TSgt; Malloy, Archie  Mr DoD; Nelson, Andrew  A1C; 
>>Lewis Benjamin  SSgt; Scheer, Brian  TSgt; Bundrick, Christopher  SSgt; 
>>Mullens, Carolyn  Ms. DoD; Wohr, Charles TSgt; Hohle, Duane  Sgt; Mizell, 
>>David  SrA; Morgan, Dwayne SSgt; Holland, Gregory  SSgt; Deeney, James 
>> TSgt; Garn, John  MSgt; Hilyard, John  SrA; Sumner, Jennifer  Amn; Dean, 
>>Laura  TSgt.; Dozier, Larry  SSgt; Estensen, Michael  SSgt; Heckle, Megan 
>> Ms.; Imel, Michael SrA; Michniewicz, Mark  MSgt; Schueckler, Michael J. 
>>A1C; Mantell, Patrick  SrA; Beckwith, Ralph  Mr DoD; Daniel, Shirley  SSgt; 
>>Lopez, Steven  MSgt; Dinsmore, Tina SrA; Sanders, Timothy  SrA; Thompson, 
>>William  TSgt; Burkett, Brian  SrA; Richardson, Jackie  MSgt; Shelton, Jay 
>> MSgt; Martinez, Jessie  SrA; Ooley, Matt  TSgt; Godfroy, Rainette  Ms DoD; 
>>Herndon, Richard  Mr. DoD; Timm, Roseangeli  TSgt; Abernathy, Samuel  MSgt; 
>>Greenwood, James  SSgt; Young, Malcolm  MSgt; Bookout, Bruce  Capt; Stith, 
>>Carolyn  SSgt; Feller, Dean  SMSgt; Lemoine, David  TSgt; Johnson, Fred 
>> SrA; Wilkinson, Heather  Capt; Dias, John  SSgt; Hewitt, James  SrA; 
>>Bianchi, Kevin  SrA; McDowell, Michael TSgt; Wilson, Steven  Capt; 
>>Armstrong, Connie  Ms DoD; Akin, Henry  TSgt.; Murray, Mark  SMSgt; Parsons, 
>>Vicki  Capt; Brown, Johnnie  TSgt; Floyd Gregory SSgt
>>Subject:  FW:  FYI-WARNING (fwd)
>>
>>Received this on a courtesy copy this morning, once again some of you may 
>>get duplicates, but this needs to go far and wide.
>>
>>SrA Sanders
>>21 Unit Security
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>>>         DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY FILE NAMED PKZIP300 REGARDLESS OF EXTENSION.
>>>
>>>         A NEW Trojan Horse Virus has emerged on the internet with the name
>>>         PKZIP300.ZIP, so named as to give the impression that this file is 
>>a
>>>          new version of the PKZIP software used to "zip" compressed files.
>>>
>>>         DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS FILE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!
>>>         if you install or expand the file, the virus will wipe your hard 
>>disk
>>>
>>>         clean and affect modems at 14.4 and higher.  This is an extremely
>>>         destructive virus and there is NOT yet a way of cleaning this one
>>>         up.
>>>
>>>         PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ANYONE YOU KNOW.
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