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Re: New Virus alert!!! THESE ARE HOAXES
BEFORE posting helpful messages concerning viruses or suspected viruses please
check quality sites such as Symantec's.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html
If what you discover proves to be a issue worth passing along please do, as I am
sure we all appreciate the heads-up. Viruses are no fun when corrupt data, loss
of privacy and ruined hardware are the end results. However, perpetuating the
tom foolery of hoaxes is an annoyance.
Here is a sample of what you will find there, using today's posts on WOBBLER,
California and Win a Holiday
1) WOBBLER Virus Hoax
Aliases:
California
Known Variants:
Hoax
Infection Length:
Hoax
Area of Infection:
Hoax
Likelihood:
Hoax
Region Reported:
email
Characteristics:
Hoax
Description:
The following two messages have been sent out by email.
They are both versions
of the same hoax. This "virus" does not exist.
The hoax message includes one of the following "warnings":
Dear All,
For your reference, take necessary precautions.
If you receive an email with a file called
California, do not open the file. The file
contains WOBBLER virus.
WARNING
This information was announced yesterday morning
from IBM; AOL states that this is a very
dangerous virus, much worse than "Melissa", and
that there is NO remedy for it at this time.
Some very sick individual has succeeded in using
the reformat function from Norton Utilities
causing it to completely erase all documents
on the hard drive. It has been designed to work
with Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet
Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and IBM
compatible computers. This is a new, very
malicious virus and not many people know about it.
Second sample of hoax message "warning":
VIRUS ALERT
If you receive an email with a file called
"California" do not open the file. The file contains
the virus. This information was announced yesterday
morning by IBM.
The report says that "this is a very dangerous
virus, much worse than "Melissa" and there is NO
remedy for it at this time. Some very sick
individual has succeeded in using the reformat
function
from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase
all documents on the hard drive. It has been
designed to work with Netscape Navigator and
Microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh
and IBM compatible computers. This is a new, very
malicious virus and not many people know about it
at this time.
Please pass this warning to everyone in your address
book and share it with all your online friends asap
so that the destruction it can cause may be minimized.
Please ignore any messages regarding this "hoax" and do not
pass on any
messages regarding it. Passing on messages about this hoax
serves only to further
propagate it.
Write-up by: Motoaki Yamamura
Updated: August 26, 1999
2) Win a Holiday
Aliases:
Hoax
Infection length:
Hoax
Area of infection:
Hoax
Likelihood:
Hoax
Region reported:
Online
Characteristics:
Hoax
Target platform:
Hoax
Trigger date:
Hoax
Description:
Win a Holiday is not a virus. It is a hoax. The "virus"
does not exist. There is
currently no virus that has the characteristics ascribed to
"Win a Holiday." It is a
sham, meant only to panic new or inexperienced computer
users. In addition, it is
a mild variant of the "Join the Crew" hoax (form 4).
The hoax message includes one of the following "warnings":
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 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.
Second "warning":
WARNING: If you get an E-mail titled : "Win A
Holiday". DO NOT open it. Delete it immediately.
Microsoft just announced yesterday. It is a
malicious virus that WILL ERASE YOUR HARD DRIVE .
At this time there is no remedy . Forward this
to everyone IMMEDIATELY!!
Please ignore any messages regarding this "virus" and do
not pass on any
messages regarding it. Passing on messages about this hoax
serves only to
further propagate it.
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