This hoax was spread in Estonia in May 1999. The original message
was in Estonian. Here's what it looked like:
Hoiatus!
Hiljuti on avastatud PK14 nimeline arvutiviirus, mis levib
interneti kaudu. PK14 on ohtlik Windows 95/98/NT, UNIX-i ja
Linux-i viirus, mis e-kirja lugemisel kopeerib ennast Teie
arvutisse, hakkab saatma viirusega nakatatud kirju teistesse
arvutitesse ja krÝpteerib 13. ja reedel Teie arvuti kÓvaketta
tugeva 128 bitise krÝpteerimisalgoritmiga, nii et Teie andmed
kaovad ja neid pole enam vÓimalik taastada. PK14 levib
elektronposti kaudu. Kui kirja teemaks (subject) on "PK14", siis
on tegu viirusega. Samuti vÓib ka teema ees olla "Re:". Kui te
viirusega nakatatud kirja avate, lÄheb viirus ka teie arvutisse
ja seda on sealt vÄga raske kÄtte saada, kuna viirus on
polÝmorfne (st. viiruse kood on iga kord erinev, Ýlesanne aga
sama) ja viirusetÓrjeprogrammid seda ei oska veel leida ja
hÄvitada. SeepÄrast tuleb kÓik kirjad, mille teema on "PK14"
avamata Ära kustutada.
SeepÄrast soovitan teil, kui teile tuleb kiri, mille teemaks on
"PK14", see kohe avamata kustutada ja ma palun siiralt, et Teie
teavitaksite sellest viirusest ka oma sÓpru, tuttavaid ja
kolleege. Vastasel juhul muutub PK14 vÄga metsikuks ja ta vÓib
tekitada vÄga suuri rahalisi kahjusid.
edu soovides,
Indrek Saar
Data Fellows OY Eesti
P.S. Palun saatke see hoiatuskiri kindlasti edasi ka oma
sÓpradele, tuttavatele ja kolleegidele vÄltimaks PK14 levikut.
The warning message pretends to be released from Data Fellows, but
this is not true. Their site claims not to have or have ever had
an employee with this name.I highly value thier site for reference
Here is the translation of this hoax message:
Warning!
A new computer virus named PK14, spreading through Internet, has
been discovered recently. PK14 is a dangerous virus, working in
Windows 95/98/NT, UNIX and Linux environments; it installs on
your computer when you are reading an email message, then starts
sending emails infected with the virus to other computers, and
on each Friday which is also the 13th day of the month, it
encrypts the contents of your hard disk with a strong 128-bit
encryption algorithm, making your data unrecoverable. PK14
spreads by email. An email message contains this virus if its
subject line is "PK14". There may also be a "Re:" prefix in the
subject line. Upon opening an infected message, the virus will
be installed on your computer, and it will be very difficult to
remove the virus, because the virus is polymorphic (i.e. virus
code will be different each time, while functioning the same
way), and anti-virus programs are not yet able to detect and
remove it. Therefore, all email messages with subject "PK14"
must be deleted without opening them.
Therefore, I recommend that when you receive a message with
subject "PK14", delete the message immediately without opening
it first, and I sincerely wish that you inform your friends,
acquaintances and colleagues about this virus. Otherwise, PK14
will become very wild and may cause very large financial damage.
Regards,
Indrek Saar
Data Fellows Ltd, Estonia
P.S. Please forward this message to your friends, acquaintances
and colleagues, in order to avoid spreading of PK14.
Please ignore this warning and don't pass it on.
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