Hi. Sorry. Me again. There's a page on virus hoaxes at the Symantec web
site.
Here's what they have to say about the "virus" in question.

Guts to Say Jesus Hoax
VirusName: Guts to Say Jesus Hoax
Aliases: Jesus
Infection Length: Hoax
Area of Infection: Hoax
Likelihood: Hoax
Region Reported: EMail
Characteristics: Hoax
Target Platform: Hoax
Target Date: Hoax


Description:
"Guts to Say Jesus" Hoax is not a virus and is a hoax. It is a sham, meant
only to panic new or inexperienced computer users. The hoax message
includes the following warning with the title of "".
VIRUS WARNING !!!!!!!
If you receive an email titled "It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus'" DO NOT open
it. It will erase everything on your hard drive. Forward this letter out to
as many people as you can. This is a new, very malicious virus and not many
people know about it. This information was announced yesterday morning from
IBM; please share it with everyone that might access the internet. Once
again, pass this along to EVERYONE in your address book so that this may be
stopped. Also, do not open or even look at any mail that says "RETURNED OR
UNABLE TO DELIVER." This virus will attach itself to your computer
components and render them useless. 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. Please practice cautionary measures and
forward this to all your online friends ASAP.
Please ignore any messages regarding this supposed "virus" and do not pass
on any messages regarding it. Passing on messages about this hoax on serves
only to further propagate it.
Write-up by: Motoaki Yamamura
January 14, 1999


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