Virus Alert!

[Guest]

>

> > >Subject: VERY URGENT "WARNING FROM MICROSOFT"

> >

> > There is a new virus - WOBBLER.

> > It will arrive on your e-mail titled 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.

> > Please pass this message on to all your contacts and

> anyone

> >who uses an

> > e-mail facility.

> > Not many people seem to know about this yet so propagate

> it as

> >fast as

> > possible.

> > 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

> to as

> >many

> > people

> > as you can.

> > This is a new, very malicious virus and again, not many

> people

> >know

> > about

> > it.

> > This information was announced yesterday morning from

> >Microsoft.

> > Please DELETE off the email with the title "California"

> and

> >"Win A

> > Holiday"

> > immediately in your Inbox and also empty it from your

> Deleted

> >Items

> > folder.

[Guest]

quote:

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Originally posted by MJ:
>
> > >Subject: VERY URGENT "WARNING FROM MICROSOFT"
> >
> > There is a new virus - WOBBLER.
> > It will arrive on your e-mail titled 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.
> > Please pass this message on to all your contacts and
> anyone
> >who uses an
> > e-mail facility.
> > Not many people seem to know about this yet so propagate
> it as
> >fast as
> > possible.
> > 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
> to as
> >many
> > people
> > as you can.
> > This is a new, very malicious virus and again, not many
> people
> >know
> > about
> > it.
> > This information was announced yesterday morning from
> >Microsoft.
> > Please DELETE off the email with the title "California"
> and
> >"Win A
> > Holiday"
> > immediately in your Inbox and also empty it from your
> Deleted
> >Items
> > folder.

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MJ jan thank you SO much.
How do I take you quote and insert it in an email?

[Guest]

Kazza,

 

(Assuming that I understand your question correctly,) you can use your mouse to copy and paste the text.

[Guest]

Oh, my computer doesnt allow that facility. But it's OK: there is the "e-mail this page to someone" facility at the top of the topic. To everyone: this is a fast convenient way.

 

Thank you.

[Guest]

Virus Hoaxes

Dateline: 01/10/97

 

There have been a lot of virus hoaxes over the years. They come and go and usually prey upon newbies, the new users of the Internet. They've been around since 1988, when the 2400 baud modem virus hoax was first distributed. Hoaxes are usually created to play a joke on non-computer users or newbies to the Internet. However, some specifically point out companies like Microsoft or Datafellows, potentially causing financial damage to the company. This formulates the idea that some hoaxes are aimed at hurting the reputation of given companies.

 

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Wobbler

Nastiness No nastiness - It's a hoax!

Variants or AKA California, How to Give a Cat a Colonic

Affects Internet Users

Discovery Date 1999

Origin Unknown

Type(s) HOAX

Removal Method This is a HOAX - ignore the warnings, it is NOT a virus!

 

Details

This is an email hoax, a bad sort of joke. It is not a virus - please do not distribute this hoax to others.

 

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