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From: Paddy Duncan <>
Subject: FW: VIRUS WARNING
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 08:40:19 +0100


To all interested parties.

This virus warning is a hoax.
It is 18 months old.
Here is some useful info from McAfee (no I do not work for them)

http://vil.nai.com/VIL/hoaxes.asp

Virus Hoaxes: Not Just Harmless Pranks
There are a lot of viruses out there. And then there are some viruses that
aren't really out there at all. Hoax virus warning messages are more than
mere annoyances. After repeatedly becoming alarmed, only to learn that there
was no real virus, computer users may get into the habit of ignoring all
virus warning messages, leaving them especially vulnerable to the next real,
and truly destructive, virus.

Fortunately, NAI.com tracks virus hoaxes as well as genuine viruses. The
next time you receive an urgent virus warning message, check it against the
list of known virus hoaxes below. If it's a hoax, chances are you'll find it
in our database. And if it's a real virus, we'll probably know about it
already, and you'll find it in the NAI.com Virus Information Center.

http://vil.nai.com/vil/default.asp

Don't let your guard down!
Remember: Never open an email attachment unless you know what it is--even if
it comes from someone you know and trust.

Be aware that the people who create viruses can use known hoaxes to their
advantage. A good example is the AOL4FREE hoax. This began as a hoax warning
about a nonexistent virus. Once it was known that this was a hoax, somebody
began to distribute a destructive trojan horse (a trojan horse differs from
a virus in that it does not reproduce itself) in a file named AOL4FREE,
attached to the original hoax virus warning! The lessons are clear:

Always remain vigilant
Never open a suspicious attachment

Paddy Duncan


-----Original Message-----
From: Patricia Corney
To:
Sent: 10/10/00 21:25
Subject: Fw: VIRUS WARNING

Listers
This was forwarded from the Devon List as an alert for all people.
Please take care
Patricia Corney
Quakertown, PA USA
Granddaughter of Elsie Eliza A. BERRY, BHC
IOWFHS #1334

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Sellwood" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 12:29 PM
Subject: VIRUS WARNING


> >From:
> >Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 16:26:57 EDT
> >Subject: VIRUS WARNING
> >To: , ,
,
> > , ,
> > , ,
> > (Omar), ,
> > , ,
> > , ,
,
> > ,
,
> > , ,
> > , ,
> > , ,
> > (Sue Smith), ,
> >
> >X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 102
> >
> >To all addressees,
> >
> >I have just received the following message from my son Adrian Boulton
in
> >Istanbul, Turkey, dated 09/10/00 15.33.42 GMT Daylight Time quote:-
> >
> >VIRUS ALERT
> >
> >For your information, someone is sending out a very cute screensaver
of
the
> >Budweiser frogs.
> >
> >If you download it, you will lose everything.
> >
> >Your hard drive will crash and someone from the Internet will get
your
> screen
> >and password.
> >
> >DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
> >
> >It went into circulation yesterday.
> >
> >Please distribute this message. This is a new, very malicious virus
and
not
> >many people know about it. This information was announced yesterday
morning
> >from Microsoft. 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. AOL has said that this is a very dangerous virus and that
there
is
> >NO remedy for it at this time.
> >
> >end of quote.
> >
> >>From Harold Boulton, 38, The Fleet, Stoney Stanton, Leicester LE9
4DY
> >Tel: 01455 272 224
> >
> C/Sant Joan 31
> 43374 La Vilella Baixa
> Tarragona (Spain)
> e-mail:
> Tlf: 34 977 83 90 55
>
> ______________________________

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