On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, WF AUTOMACAO wrote:

> Subject: VIRUS WARNING!
> If you receive an e-mail titled "WIN A HOLIDAY" DO NO OPEN THIS. It will

  I'm tired of seeing this hoax go by.

  This is fake.

  See the documentation at:

     http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACChainLetters.html
        as I just posted here a few days ago.

     http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html

> erase everything on your harddisk. Forward this letter out to as many
> people
> as you can. This is a new, very macilious virus and not many people know

  Yep... this chain letter is self is malicious...

> about it. This information was announced yesterday morning from
> Microsoft, please share it with everyone that might access the Internet.

  Horseshit.  Microsoft denys this.
  If the spokespeople from Microsoft claim one thing on their position,
  you'll have to come up more than your word on it.

> Once again, pass this along to EVERYONE in your address book so that

  Once again, this is some gullable person falling for a chain letter.
  Do not forward it.

> this
> may be stopped. Also, do not open or even look at any mail that says "
> RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVER" (FOLLOWING ONLY THIS MESSAGE) this virus
> will
> attach itself to your computer components and render them useless.

  And it will even send obscene postings to alt.sex.computer.terminals,
  molest your girlfriend, and cause your car to not start.

> Immediately delete any mail items that say this. AOL has said that this
> is a
> very dangerous virus and that there is NO remedy for it at this time.

  AOL also denys this.   Just read the AOL information on Chain Letters.

> Please practice cautionary measures and forward this to all your on-line
> friends.
>
> Groetjes,
>
> Johan Timman.

  This clearly has nothing to do with PIC processors...