Re: New Virus

From: Andrew Williamson <andrewweb_at_my-deja.com>
Date: 2000/05/18
Message-ID: <958661126.23805.0.nnrp-08.c30bdde2_at_news.demon.co.uk>#1/1


Just out of interest, the keen hoax-spotter notes that any legitimate virus warnings:

NEVER ask you to email everyone you know NEVER come from AOL, Microsoft or IBM
Oh, and there is ALWAYS a remedy

AW

M. Armaghan Saqib <armaghan_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:8fqkp4$2ba$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> Thought to share with you, may be you have heard of it....
>
> 1. There is a new virus - WOBBLER. It will
> arrive on e-mailtitled CALIFORNIA. IBM and AOL have announced
> that it is very powerful, more so than Melissa, there is no
> remedy. It will eat all your information on the hard drive and also
> destroys
> Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Do not open

<blah blah scare panic ohh-err crikey blimey etc etc....> Received on Thu May 18 2000 - 00:00:00 CEST

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