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Canadian Bob
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MICROSOFT JUST ANNOUNCED VIRUS WARNING. DO NOT DOWNLOAD SCREEN SAVER OF BUDWEISER FROGS. YOUR HARD DRIVE WILL CRASH. NO CURE AT PRESENT. BE WARNED!!!!! CANADIAN BOB.
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VIRUS ALERT!!
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Jim Hinsch
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re: virus alert -NOT! - please don't spread hoaxes
Please don't spread this hoaxe.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/budsaver.exe.html
From http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html:
Although there are thousands of viruses discovered each year, there are still some that only exist in the imaginations of the public and the press. This is the comprehensive list of viruses that DO NOT EXIST, despite rumor of their creation and distribution.
Please ignore any messages regarding these supposed "viruses" and do not pass on any messages about them. Passing on messages about these hoaxes only serves to further propagate them.
You should also read: http://www.vmyths.com/fas/fas1.cfm
Please don't spread this hoaxe.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/budsaver.exe.html
From http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html:
Although there are thousands of viruses discovered each year, there are still some that only exist in the imaginations of the public and the press. This is the comprehensive list of viruses that DO NOT EXIST, despite rumor of their creation and distribution.
Please ignore any messages regarding these supposed "viruses" and do not pass on any messages about them. Passing on messages about these hoaxes only serves to further propagate them.
You should also read: http://www.vmyths.com/fas/fas1.cfm
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Canadian Bob
Guest
Re: re: virus alert -NOT! - please don't spread ho
Dear Mr. Hinsch, I received this virus alert from someone I believed reliable and posted it in good faith. My sincere apologies to all who reacted to this apparently invalid information.Canadian Bob.
Dear Mr. Hinsch, I received this virus alert from someone I believed reliable and posted it in good faith. My sincere apologies to all who reacted to this apparently invalid information.Canadian Bob.
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ECH, M.D.
Guest
appropriate action
Frankly, I think you did the appropriate thing. You passed on information you believed to be reliable and it is up to me what I choose to do with it. Quite possibly by the time it gets around that it was or was not a hoax, it may be too late.
Frankly, I think you did the appropriate thing. You passed on information you believed to be reliable and it is up to me what I choose to do with it. Quite possibly by the time it gets around that it was or was not a hoax, it may be too late.
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Sarah
Guest
Re: appropriate action
I agree. I'll take proactive over reactive any day! Thanks for the heads up Canadian Bob.
I agree. I'll take proactive over reactive any day! Thanks for the heads up Canadian Bob.
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Marco
Guest
The virus is also known to change all messages you send out on the internet into CAPITAL characters only ;p
Marco
Marco
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Sonny
Guest
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Bert
Guest
Re: VIRUS ALERT- support for Jim
Jim is getting a bad rep here. Thousands of these alerts are posted or mailed every single day, warning of socalled virusses. Don?t participate in these daisychain-letters telling you to forward to your friends and colleagues. This is exactly what the perpetrator wants (he can collect these email-adresses). Consult virus & hoax labs instead.(www.datafellows.com/virus-info, www.symantec.com/avcenter/index.html, hoaxbusters.ciac.org/) If you?re connected to the net, put a good antivirus-software to work on your PC as well and keep your antivirus-definitions up to date !! If you have a continuous connection (cable, DSL)install a firewall (alladin, zone alarm, both free) Observe the simple groundrules : don?t open unsollicited attachments, check the viruslabs before you go near attachments with extensions .vbs, .exe. It may contain a virus or worse, install a trojan horse. Your PC and your privacy are in real trouble then. Thanx Jim, your advise was solid.
Jim is getting a bad rep here. Thousands of these alerts are posted or mailed every single day, warning of socalled virusses. Don?t participate in these daisychain-letters telling you to forward to your friends and colleagues. This is exactly what the perpetrator wants (he can collect these email-adresses). Consult virus & hoax labs instead.(www.datafellows.com/virus-info, www.symantec.com/avcenter/index.html, hoaxbusters.ciac.org/) If you?re connected to the net, put a good antivirus-software to work on your PC as well and keep your antivirus-definitions up to date !! If you have a continuous connection (cable, DSL)install a firewall (alladin, zone alarm, both free) Observe the simple groundrules : don?t open unsollicited attachments, check the viruslabs before you go near attachments with extensions .vbs, .exe. It may contain a virus or worse, install a trojan horse. Your PC and your privacy are in real trouble then. Thanx Jim, your advise was solid.
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Jim Hinsch
Guest
Re: VIRUS ALERT- support for Jim
Thank you, I know the advice was solid. I don't blame Canadian Bob, as it was an innocent mistake that even some less than astute data processing managers have made, but my computer colleagues did get a good laugh at those responses.
The perpetuation of hoaxes often causes more damage than had the virus been real. E-mail systems have collapsed after dozens of users forwarded a false alert to everybody in the company.
Thank you, I know the advice was solid. I don't blame Canadian Bob, as it was an innocent mistake that even some less than astute data processing managers have made, but my computer colleagues did get a good laugh at those responses.
The perpetuation of hoaxes often causes more damage than had the virus been real. E-mail systems have collapsed after dozens of users forwarded a false alert to everybody in the company.
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ECH, M.D.
Guest
Re: CARE TO COMMENT ABOUT THESE NEW VIRUSES?
This is serious, so don't ignore it. Several
UNUSUAL new viruses have been discovered and are wreaking havoc throughout the national system.
> >
> >Beware of...
> >
> >THE AL GORE Virus.... (Causes your computer to just keep counting and counting)
> >
> >THE CLINTON Virus.... (Gives you a 7-Inch Hard Drive with NO memory)
> >
> >THE BOB DOLE (aka: VIAGRA) virus... (Makes a new hard
drive out of an old floppy)
> >
> >THE LEWINSKY virus... (Sucks all the memory out of
your computer, then Emails everyone about what it did)
> >
> >THE RONALD REAGAN virus.... (Saves your data, but forgets where it is stored)
> >
> >THE MIKE TYSON virus.... (Quits after two bytes)
> >
> >THE OPRAH WINFREY virus.... (Your 300mb hard drive shrinks to 100mb,
then slowly expands to restabilize around 200mb)
> >
> >THE JACK KEVORKIAN virus... (Deletes all old files)
> >
> >THE ELLEN DEGENERES virus... (Disks can no longer
be inserted)
> >
> >THE PROZAC virus... (Totally screws up your RAM,
but your processor doesn't care)
> >
> >THE JOEY BUTTAFUOCO virus... (Only attacks minor files)
> >
> >THE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER virus... (Terminates
> >some files, leaves, but will be back)
> >
> >YIKES!!!!!!
> >
> >THE LORENA BOBBITT virus... (Reformats your hard
drive into a 3.5 inch floppy, then discards it through Windows)
This is serious, so don't ignore it. Several
UNUSUAL new viruses have been discovered and are wreaking havoc throughout the national system.
> >
> >Beware of...
> >
> >THE AL GORE Virus.... (Causes your computer to just keep counting and counting)
> >
> >THE CLINTON Virus.... (Gives you a 7-Inch Hard Drive with NO memory)
> >
> >THE BOB DOLE (aka: VIAGRA) virus... (Makes a new hard
drive out of an old floppy)
> >
> >THE LEWINSKY virus... (Sucks all the memory out of
your computer, then Emails everyone about what it did)
> >
> >THE RONALD REAGAN virus.... (Saves your data, but forgets where it is stored)
> >
> >THE MIKE TYSON virus.... (Quits after two bytes)
> >
> >THE OPRAH WINFREY virus.... (Your 300mb hard drive shrinks to 100mb,
then slowly expands to restabilize around 200mb)
> >
> >THE JACK KEVORKIAN virus... (Deletes all old files)
> >
> >THE ELLEN DEGENERES virus... (Disks can no longer
be inserted)
> >
> >THE PROZAC virus... (Totally screws up your RAM,
but your processor doesn't care)
> >
> >THE JOEY BUTTAFUOCO virus... (Only attacks minor files)
> >
> >THE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER virus... (Terminates
> >some files, leaves, but will be back)
> >
> >YIKES!!!!!!
> >
> >THE LORENA BOBBITT virus... (Reformats your hard
drive into a 3.5 inch floppy, then discards it through Windows)
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rabble rouser
Guest
Re: CARE TO COMMENT ABOUT THESE NEW VIRUSES?
you scored 10.0 for content in this post, but only 3.0 for presentation-you changed the subject line!!!.
you scored 10.0 for content in this post, but only 3.0 for presentation-you changed the subject line!!!.
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rick
Guest
Re: CARE TO COMMENT ABOUT THESE NEW VIRUSES?
I'm sure that he will be forgiven-I give ECH a 10 + 10
I'm sure that he will be forgiven-I give ECH a 10 + 10
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