Please don't forward that message about the "Penpal Greetings" virus
to anyone else, even with the best of intentions. The only virus
here is the warning itself (a nice, White-Noise-esque situation, really).
This "virus" is a kind of urban legend, a variant of the "Good Times"
virus warning, also a hoax. It is not possible, no matter what anyone
tells you, for email to infect your computer with a virus. For more
information on this hoax, you can check out:
http://kumite.com/myths/fas/fas-gt.htm
and I recommend this site in general as fascinating reading on (and an
encyclopedic listing of) computer virus myths. The main home page is at:
http://kumite.com/myths/myths/
John Unsworth
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http://www.village.virginia.edu/~jmu2m/ jmu2m@virginia.edu