Article View: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000
Article #31Re: VIRUS ALERT !!!!!
From: StANTo
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 21:19
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 21:19
88 lines
4378 bytes
4378 bytes
also www.ibm.com and www.aol.com had no sign or mention of the virus. Common sense. "Bruce Von Deylen" <brucevd@compuserve.com> wrote in message news:93j41f$ruk$1@sshuraac-i-1.production.compuserve.com... > Thanks, Mandrake, for having a cool head. If you'd like to learn all about > the latest hoaxes, try this URL: > http://www.nonprofit.net/hoax/ > Here's another good site: > http://virusmyths.com/ > > regards, > bruce > > -- > PC Problems? > Contact the PC Guy. > > Bruce D. Von Deylen > South Bend, IN USA > > e-mail: brucevd<at>compuserve.com > Website: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/brucevd/pcguy1.htm > > "Mandrake" <Mandrake09@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:%1876.12393$BI2.3406244@typhoon.ne.mediaone.net... > > From Symantec (Norton) > > > > California IBM Hoax > > The following messages have been sent out by email. They are both copies > of the same hoax. This > > "virus" does not exist. > > > > The hoax messages includes the following "warning": > > > > Another new virus has been discovered. It arrives in an e-mail titled > "California IBM". > > Microsoft has announced that it is very bad, worse than "Love Letter". > There is no remedy or > > cure. It will consume all the information in the hard drive, and will > destroy Netscape Navigator > > and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Do not open anything with this title, and > pass this message on > > to your e-mail contacts. Right now not many people know about this, so > please pass it on as > > quickly as possible > > > > > > "Charlie Sapp" <crsapp@attglobal.net> wrote in message > news:3a5d0bb6_3@news1.prserv.net... > > > VIRUS ALERT!!! > > > VERY DANGEROUS VIRUS JUST RELEASED!!!! > > > There is a new virus - WOBBLER. It will arrive on > > > e-mail titled 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. > > > 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 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 from > > > Microsoft. DO NOT OPEN "PRETTY PARK." It is a virus > > > that will erase your whole "C" drive. It will come to > > > you in the form of an e-mail from a familiar person. > > > I repeat, DO NOT OPEN. DELETE RIGHT AWAY. It gets > > > into > > > your address book. > > > Forward this to everyone in your address book. I would > > > rather receive this warning 25 times than not receive > > > it once! > > > > > > -- > > > Charlie > > > > > > crsapp@attglobal.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<oqp76.1880$Bx.43169@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!mtu.ru!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!logbridge.uoregon.edu!server3.netnews.ja.net!server4.netnews.ja.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news2-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mailReferences:
<3a5d0bb6_3@news1.prserv.net> <%1876.12393$BI2.3406244@typhoon.ne.mediaone.net> <93j41f$ruk$1@sshuraac-i-1.production.compuserve.com>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10320c,eb3997da20d090a X-Google-Attributes: gid10320c,public X-Google-Thread: faca2,eb3997da20d090a X-Google-Attributes: gidfaca2,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-11 13:24:03 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!mtu.ru!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!logbridge.uoregon.edu!server3.netnews.ja.net!server4.netnews.ja.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news2-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Reply-To: "StANTo" <AskMe@AskMe.com> From: "StANTo" <AskMe@AskMe.com> Newsgroups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000,3dfx.products.voodoo3 References: <3a5d0bb6_3@news1.prserv.net> <%1876.12393$BI2.3406244@typhoon.ne.mediaone.net> <93j41f$ruk$1@sshuraac-i-1.production.compuserve.com> Subject: Re: VIRUS ALERT !!!!! Lines: 90 Organization: [AGQ3] [AGHL] [AGUT] X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: <oqp76.1880$Bx.43169@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 21:19:11 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.104.120.44 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news2-win.server.ntlworld.com 979247892 213.104.120.44 (Thu, 11 Jan 2001 21:18:12 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 21:18:12 GMT