Deeyenda Virus Hoax

This is not a Virus it is a VIRUS HOAX.  If you receive this message delete it and do not forward it. Forwarding email virus hoaxes and fake virus warnings only serve to propagate misinformation.

******** VIRUS ALERT ******

VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION: PLEASE READ !

There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. If you receive an email message with the subject line "Deeyenda", DO NOT read the message, DELETE it immediately. Please read the messages below. Some miscreant is sending email under the title "Deeyenda" nationwide, if you get anything like this DON'T DOWNLOAD THE FILE! It has a virus that rewrites your hard drive, obliterating anything on it. Please be careful and forward this mail to anyone you care about.

FCC WARNING !!!!! ----- DEEYENDA PLAGUES INTERNET ----

The internet community has again been plagued by another computer virus. This message is being spread throughout the internet, including USENET posting, EMAIL, and other interent activities.. The reason for all the attention is because of the nature of this virus and the potential security risks it makes. Instead of a destructive trojan virus (most viruses!), this virus, referred to as Deeyenda Maddick, performs a comprehensive search on your computer, looking for valuable information, such as email and login passwords, credit cards, personal info, etc. The Deeyenda virus also has the capability to stay memory resident while running a host of applications and operation systems, such as Windows 3.11 and Windows 95.

What this means to internet users is that when a login and PASSWORD are sent to the server, this virus can COPY this information and SEND IT OUT TO AN UNKNOWN ADDRESS (varies).

The reason for this warning is because the Deeyenda virus is virtually undetectable. Once attacked, your computer will be unsecure. Although it can attack any O/S, this virus is most likely to attack those users viewing Java enhanced Web Pages (Netscape 2.0+ and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0+ which are running on Windows 95) . Researchers at Princeton University have found this virus on a number of World Wide Web pages and fear its spread.

Please pass this on, for we must alert the general public at the security risks.