Re: NEW VIRUS

["C Eyler" <eyler@mindspring.com>]

And an old one, at that.  This hoax has been in circulation for quite a
while.

Cindy

----- Original Message -----
From: Nancy Mitts <mitts_n@hotmail.com>
To: <bahoba@sprint.ca>; <PNER@egroups.com>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 11:42 AM
Subject: RC: NEW VIRUS


>
> HMMMM, I subscribe to the Microsoft security bulletin, as well as the one
> from micro trend. Sounds like another hoax, people.
>
> Nancy Mitts
>
> >From: "Barbara H-B" <bahoba@sprint.ca>
> >To: <PNER@egroups.com>, "ridecamp" <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> >Subject: RC:  NEW VIRUS
> >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 08:30:22 -0700
> >
> >Barbara Holmes-Balmer
> >Secretary Treasurer, ERABC http://www.img.net/erabc/
> >Ride Manager, Ride Over the Rainbow
> >Kelowna, B.C.
> >
> >----------
> >| From: South Okanagan Signs <marvelous@telus.net>
> >| To: Rebecca Sadler <RebeccaSad@aol.com>; Nancy McDonald
> ><nancy.mcdonald.sage@home.com>; Luke Peeren <lpeeren@home.com>; Kathy
> >Bloomfield <ryteon@vip.net>; jgibney@img.net; Gord Makwich
> ><kpscoltd@axionet.com>; Egon & Marg Schuhmacher <a1a24874@telus.net>;
Barb
> >Holmes, Balmer <bahoba@sprint.ca>; Anne & Stuart Culver
<asculver@cnx.net>
> >| Subject:
> >| Date: August 17, 2000 7:01 AM
> >|
> > > >
> >
> > > > >URGENT WARNING FROM MICROSOFT
> >
> > > > >There is a new virus - WOBBLER. It will arrive on e-mail entitled
> >
> > > > >CALIFORNIA. IBM and AOL have announced that it is very powerful,
> >
> > >more
> >
> > > > so
> >
> > > > >than Melissa. There is no remedy...It will eat all your information
> >on
> >
> > > > the
> >
> > > > >hard drive and also destroys Netscape Navigator and Microsoft
> >Internet
> >
> > > > >Explorer. DO NOT OPEN anything with this title and please pass this
> >
> > > > message
> >
> > > > >on to all your contacts and anyone who uses your e-mail facility.
> >
> > > > >
> >
> > > > >Not many people seem to know about this yet so propagate it as fast
> >as
> >
> > > > >possible.
> >
> >
> >
> > > > >If you receive an e-mail titled "WIN A HOLIDAY", DO NOT OPEN it. It
> >
> > >will
> >
> > > > >erase everything on your hard drive. Forward this letter 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 Wednesday morning from
> >
> > > > Microsoft.
> >
> >
> >
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