Re: UKNM: this may be a false alarm, but....

[Darren Wallace]

Sorry Dom, it's a hoax. Hoax viruses like these are just email chain

letters, and as a result the warning itself becomes a kind of virus as

people forwardd the warning to friends and colleagues.


FYI, a good place to check out this kind of thing is the 'Virus Hoaxes'

part of Dr Solomon's website


http://www.drsolomons.com/vircen/vanalyse/va005.html


Before forwarding the warning.


Cheers


Darren


At 17:29 11/03/98 -0000, you wrote:

>I would hate to hear of any disasters, so heres the forward...

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>I am not sure even if the claims below are technically possible (call to the

>techies!?) and apologies to anyone who this may offend - but better to be

>safe than sorry, eh?

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>i just thought, wouldnt an alert such as this be a great way of distributing

>a virus?

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>>Subject: Fw: Virus notice . Be alert.

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>>FYI,VIRUS  WARNING !!!!!!If you receive an email 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; please share it with

>>everyone that might access the internet.  Once again, pass this along to

>>EVERYONE in our address book so that this may be stopped. Also, do not

>>open or even look at any mail that says "RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVER"

>>This virus will attach itself to your computer components and render

>>them useless.

>>Immediately delete any mail items that say this. AOL has said that this

>>is a very dangerous virus and that there is NO remedy for it at this

>>time. Please practice cautionary measures and forward this to all your

>>online friends = ASAP.

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