Re: New Virus

From: Phill Weiss <weiss_at_cig.mot.com>
Date: 2000/05/16
Message-ID: <8fr6t1$3h2_at_nntp.cig.mot.com>#1/1


In article <8fqkp4$2ba$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>, M. Armaghan Saqib <armaghan_at_yahoo.com> writes:
> 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
> anything with this title and please pass this message on to all your
> contacts and anyone who uses your e-mail facility. Not many people seem
> to
> know
> about this yet so propagate it as fast as possible.
> 2. If you receive an e-mail titled "Win A. Holiday" 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 Microsoft.
>
> Regards,
> M. Armaghan Saqib
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Both of these are hoaxes. for the "WOBBLER" virus, see: http://www.chekware.simplenet.com/hoax/It_Takes_Guts_to_Say_Jesus.htm

For the "Win A. Holiday" virus, see:
http://www.chekware.simplenet.com/hoax/Win_A_Holiday.htm   Received on Tue May 16 2000 - 00:00:00 CEST

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