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Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: Fw: E-mail virus warning.
MMHASKE@aol.com wrote:
>
> Hello everyone
>
> My brother just sent this info to me and considering he works for the IRS and
> has never sent anything like this to me before, I felt the need to distribute
> this to as many folks as possible.
>
> Good luck and may you be blessed with beautifully clear skies----is cloudy
> here
>
> Marcia Haske
>
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> Subject: Re: Fwd: Fw: E-mail virus warning.
> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 08:20:10 -0500
> From: Michael_A_Burnidge@mail.dbf.state.fl.us
> To: MMHASKE@aol.com
>
> Someone is sending out a very desirable screen-saver, the Budweiser Frogs.
> "BUDDLST.ZIP". If you download it, you will lose everything!! Your
> harddrive will crash and someone will get your screen name & password! DO
> NOT DOWNLOAD THIS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES! It just went into circulation a
> few days ago, as far as we know. 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. Please share
> it with everyone that might access the internet. Once again pass this to
> everyone in your address book so that it 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 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
> on-line friends. ASAP
>
> F.Y.I. I received this message yesterday from our internal cybercops . .
Marcia, et al.
The e-mail you forwarded is in all likelihood a hoax. See
http://www.stiller.com/hoaxes.htm for details on this and other
"popular" hoaxes.
For those who already knew this, please pardon the off-topic response.
Nancy
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