Lou Riina <lriina@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake
thusly:
> Dear All FYI
> Lou
> >Subject: Fwd: virus alert
It's a hoax.
This one is straight from the stanard "virus/trojan hoax"
boilerplate---it has all the classic clauses.
Please don't *EVER* send these things without checking a virus hoax
site first.
> > > It just went into circulation yesterday, 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.
Hint one: Since when was Microsoft an antivirus company?
> > >
> > > Please share it with everyone that might access the Internet.
> > >
> > > Once again, pass this along to EVERYONE in your address book so that
> > > this may be stopped.
Hint two: The urge to propagate.
> > >
> > > AOL has said that this is a very dangerous virus and that there is
Hint three: A second appeal to spurious authority.
For more info on this hoax: http://www.Europe.F-Secure.com/hoaxes/budfrogs.htm
cjb
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