Re: [MV] Urgent: Anyone accessing the internet! (HOAX)!

Just fishin' from my (gamma_goat@plazma.net)
Thu, 12 Nov 1998 13:03:12 -0800

At 12:17 PM 11/12/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Subject: WARNING
>PLEASE READ ASAP
>Everyone, read this warning message. Please note the following 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.
>
>(This was rewritten in text, to not allow any "CC tags" to accompany
>it.)
>Mike

Mike, couple things of note ... :)

The virus is the warning itself, there is no virus
that can be spread via e mail.. attatchments yes,
E-mail that you just "open" no.

Secondly, this particuliar wrning has been floating
around the internet in different forms for several years..

Thirdly, you will never ever find a real virus that
Microsoft announced. microsoft is not in the virus
business, and they would wish people would not mention
viruses ever, because then the world of computing and
internet would be that much prettier for the masses.

most of these can be checked out at norton's antivirus website...

one of my personal faves..

>Scientists this week decoded the first confirmed alien transmission
>from outer space. Here is the text of the message that they decoded:
>
>This really works!
>
>Just send 5*10^50 atoms of hydrogen to each of the five star systems
>listed below. Then, add your own system to the top of the list, delete
>the system at the bottom, and send out copies of this message to 100
>other solar systems.
>
>If you follow these instructions, within 0.25 of a galactic rotation
>you are guaranteed to receive enough hydrogen in return to power your
>civilization until entropy reaches its maximum!"

-dd
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