Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2807-1002650299-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 09 Oct 2001 10:59:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 26012 invoked by uid 510); 9 Oct 2001 17:58:14 -0000 Received: from n25.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.75) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 9 Oct 2001 17:58:14 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2807-1002650299-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.53] by n25.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 09 Oct 2001 17:58:20 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 9 Oct 2001 17:58:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 89041 invoked from network); 9 Oct 2001 17:58:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 9 Oct 2001 17:58:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 9 Oct 2001 17:58:18 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id KAA24927 for iwar@onelist.com; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 10:58:18 -0700 Message-Id: <200110091758.KAA24927@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 10:58:18 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] Klingerman virus rumor control Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It seems the Klingerman virus hoax is starting to spread again. Please contact your rumpor control people and have this particular one appropriately supressed... Virus hoaxes: http://www.europe.f-secure.com/hoaxes/klingerm.shtml Hoax Warnings NAME: Klingerman Virus hoax ALIAS: Clingerman During May, 2000, a warning about Klingerman virus became widespread in USA and Europe. This warning is confirmed to be a hoax by CDC - the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. You can read their official statement if you follow the below link: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/kingerman_hoax.htm The original hoax message looks like this: ---- Subject: Fw: virus warning but not e-mail This is an alert about a virus in the original sense of the word...one that affects your body, not your hard drive. There have been23 confirmed cases of people attacked by the Klingerman Virus, a virus that arrives in your real mail box, not your e-mail in box. Someonehas been mailing large blue envelopes, seemingly at random, to people inside the US. On the front of the envelope in bold black letters is printed, "A gift for you from the Klingerman Foundation." When the envelopes are opened, there is a small sponge sealed in plastic. This sponge carries what has come to be known as the Klingerman Virus, as public health officials state this is a strain of virus they have not previously encountered. When asked for comment, Florida police Sergeant Stetson said, "We are working with the CDC and the USPS, but have so far been unable to track down the origins of these letters. The returnaddresses have all been different, and we are certain a re-mailing service is being used, making our jobs that much more difficult." Those who have come in contact with the Klingerman Virus have been hospitalized with severe dysentery. So far seven of the twenty-three victims have died. There is no legitimate Klingerman Foundation mailing unsolicited gifts. If you receive an oversized blue envelope in the mail marked, "A gift from the Klingerman foundation", DO NOT open it. Place the envelope in a strong plastic bag or container, and call the police immediately. The "gift" inside is one you definitely do not want. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU CARE ABOUT. --- There is also another shorter version of this hoax: --- IMPORTANT WARNING!!! RANDOM PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND SO ON HAVE BEGAN RECEIVING A BIG BLUE ENVELOPE THROUGH THE MAIL THIS ENVELOPE IS ADDRESSED TO RANDOM PEOPLE IT READS A GIFT FOR YOU FROM THE CLINGERMAN FOUNDATION. INSIDE THIS CONTAINS A SEALED SPONGE CONTAINING THE CLINGERMAN VIRUS THIS IS NOT A JOKE! AT LEAST 23 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED AND SEVEN DEATHS HAVE OCCURED. WE HAVE BEEN ASKED IF RECIEVED A BIG BLUE ENVELOPE ADRESSED AS SUCH TO PUT IN A PLASTIC BAG AND CALL LOCAL POLICE DPT. AGAIN DO NOT OPEN THIS!!!!! --- If you receive either of these messages or something similar, please ignore it and do not pass it on. FC --This communication is confidential to the parties it is intended to serve-- Fred Cohen Fred Cohen & Associates.........tel/fax:925-454-0171 fc@all.net The University of New Haven.....http://www.unhca.com/ http://all.net/ Sandia National Laboratories....tel:925-294-2087 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Pinpoint the right security solution for your company- Learn how to add 128- bit encryption and to authenticate your web site with VeriSign's FREE guide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/yQix2C/33_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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