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Re: Fwd: Computer Virus on Windows Machines (fwd)From: Amber Elverud (aelverud@sunflowr.usd.edu)Sun Dec 15 12:44:47 1996
>From the other newsgroups I subscribe to, I have gotten mail like this before. DO NOT WORRY. It is a hoax. You can check it out on the internet. Here is http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-05.shtml (It is from the department of energy. CIAC stands for Computer Incident Advisory Capability) said: "Deeyenda Virus Hoax =================== The "Deeyenda" virus warnings are a hoax. CIAC has received inqueries regarding the validity of the Deeyenda virus. The warnings are very similar to those for Good Times, stating that the FCC issued a warning about it, and that it is self activating and can destroy the contents of a machine just by being downloaded. Users should note that the FCC does not and will not issue virus or Trojan warnings. It is not their job to do so. As of this date, there are no known viruses with the name Deeyenda in existence. For a virus to spread, it must be executed. Reading a mail message does not execute the mail message. Trojans and viruses have been found as executable attachments to mail messages, but they must be extracted and executed to do any harm. CIAC still affirms that reading E-mail, using typical mail agents, can not activate malicious code delivered in or with the message." Here's what http://www.kumite.com/myths/myth027.htm said (this site is called "Computer Virus Myths"): "HOAX: "the Deeyenda virus" A new hoax apparently surfaced in November 1996, warning users not to read email if it contains the word "Deeyenda" in the subject line. This new hoax uses many tactics found in other hoaxes, myths, and urban lengends. For example: like the Good Times urban legend, the Deeyenda hoax warns you to delete messages if they contain a key phrase in the subject line; similar to the Java virus myth, the Deeyenda hoax claims Java-enabled web browsers stand at great risk of getting infected; like the MSN/Prodigy urban legends, the Deeyenda hoax claims it will scan your hard disk for personal information; like the Good Times urban legend, the Deeyenda hoax claims the FCC issued an alert to watch out for it; like the Mutation Engine myth, the Deeyenda hoax claims it is "virtually undetectable." Why call it a hoax? Why not "urban legend"? Deeyenda warnings quote a message from a Steven K. Johnson at Carnegie Mellon University, complete with his phone number & email address. The phone number doesn't exist; the email address doesn't exist. And Steven K. Johnson probably doesn't exist either. Providing a [ficticious] name, phone number, and email address at the bottom of the hoax merely gives it a feeling of legitimacy. And finally, the full name of the so-called virus is "Deeyenda Maddick." Phonetically, it sounds a lot like "the end of my dick." Enough said. Two known versions of the hoax already At least two versions of the Deeyenda hoax already exist. One version (possibly the original) includes a "forwarding header" similar to the Good Times urban legend, warning users not to read email if the word "Deeyenda" appears in the subject line. A second version (possibly the variant) makes no mention of the Good Times-like warning." I just thought you might be interested.
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