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From: Ron English <>
Subject: [BARTON-L] AOL BEWARE--VIRUS ALERT
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 06:26:03 -0600


Please take a minute to read this, and then send it to any other AOL
folks you know...

It will come to you as....... "America online year 2000 Update" it
will
have a
File: Y2KFIX.EXE (41229 bytes) DL Time (115200 bps): 1 minute

DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT, ITS A VIRUS!

1) IF AOL WANTED TO UPDATE YOUR SYSTEM, THEY WOULD DO IT WHILE
YOU WERE ONLINE, NOT THIS WAY
2) IF AOL WERE TO DO IT THIS WAY THEY WOULD JUST SEND YOU AN
EMAIL TO CONTACT THEIR WEBSIGHT AND THEN DOWNLOAD THE
NECESSARY FILE FORWARD TO "TOSEMAIL1"

THE REST OF IT GOES AS FOLLOWS:

Hello, I am Richard Brunner of the AOL TECH Team and we have recently
finished work on this project which is the AOL Year 2000 Update. The
function of
this program is to make your AOL version completely compatible with
the
year 2000
bugs that will occur on most computers. This program will work on
Windows
3.1,
Windows 95, Windows 98, and Macintosh. It has been made to be as
user-friendly
as possible.

You just have to:
1. Double click on the icon
2. Restart your computer and your computer and AOL will automatically be
updated. If you experience any problems with this file please
report
them to this
e-mail address.

Thanks for your time,
Richard Brunner
AOL Tech Staff
emp#104586027

Hello to all my AOL friends... Today while I was online an AOL
Billing
information
error screen popped up on my screen.

It looked very legit. It said my billing cycle was up and they
needed
more info. It
had numerous boxes for me to fill out. i.e.: Name, address, Town,
State.
On one
side and Credit Card Info on the other... Card, number, Expiration
Date,
Card holder
name. The upper right hand box was whited out I could not X out of this.

It had a "Submit" box to click. When I did that (I had not filled
out ANY
info) . It
gave me an error requesting my name. I called AOL. THIS IS NOT AOL.
IT
LOOKS JUST LIKE "MEMBER SERVICE'S" INFO ... do not ... DO NOT FILL
ANYTHING IN. YOU MUST "CONTROL, ALT, DELETE AND GET OUT OF AOL
AND RESIGN ON"...

PLEASE INFORM ANY OF YOUR OTHER BUDDIES ONLINE. I RECEIVED TWO
OF THEM.
PLEASE. IT'S SOMEONE TRYING TO GET YOUR INFO. IT IS NOT AOL.........

And one more...

If you get a flashing IM, DO NOT reply or delete, but sign off
immediately
and
re-sign on! Then change your password immediately. If you are unable
to
sign
on, call AOL !!! The number is: 1-800-827-6364
The Flashing IM is a password stealer. This has been confirmed by AOL.

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