Virus Characteristics
AVERT HOAX Notice!!
McAfee AVERT Labs would like to inform you of a new email HOAX.
This email message is just a HOAX, currently we know of no other message that the user will receive about the HOAX as the initial email states. AVERT has not received any report of a user's hard drive being erased by opening the email.
There is a genuine virus W95/CIH , which displays a destructive payload similar to the one described below.
We are advising users who receive the email to delete it and DO NOT pass it on as this is how an email HOAX propagates.
Below is the actual text from the message that may be received via email.
Again, if you receive this email delete it and DO NOT pass it on.
McAfee AVERT
Indication of Infection
N/A
Methods of Infection
N/A