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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
>
>
>

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
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

"Charlie Sapp" <crsapp@attglobal.net> wrote in 
<3a5d0bb6_3@news1.prserv.net>:

<snipped irrelevant blurb>

I never could work out why people have gone to all that trouble coding 
replication mechanisms in the likes of KAKWorm & ILU when all you need to 
do is put "Please forward this to everyone in your address book" at the 
bottom.

Pffft!

-- 
  Mike

Hello:
    But that begs the question why people create viruses (as opposed to
software that would be truly useful) in the first place.

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

"Mike Beggs" <nospam@all.never.no-way> wrote in message
news:Xns9027A3B3EBFCE1M0I0K5E6B9@194.168.222.8...
> "Charlie Sapp" <crsapp@attglobal.net> wrote in
> <3a5d0bb6_3@news1.prserv.net>:
>
> <snipped irrelevant blurb>
>
> I never could work out why people have gone to all that trouble coding
> replication mechanisms in the likes of KAKWorm & ILU when all you need to
> do is put "Please forward this to everyone in your address book" at the
> bottom.
>
> Pffft!
>
> --
>   Mike
>

I think I have an answer.
The people that write viruses are for the most part more computer literate
than most other people and could and may very well be employed by any of the
small or not so small software companies writing code.
Here's where the virus part comes in.  They need or they just want more
attention than they are getting
(they are a small fish in a very big pond)
Now they write a virus in their spare time and the whole world knows about
them, at least indirectly.
This does not explain all virus writers, but I am certain it explains some
of them.

> Hello:
>     But that begs the question why people create viruses (as opposed to
> software that would be truly useful) in the first place.
> Bruce D. Von Deylen
> South Bend, IN  USA
>
> e-mail: brucevd<at>compuserve.com
> Website: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/brucevd/pcguy1.htm
>
> "Mike Beggs" <nospam@all.never.no-way> wrote in message
> news:Xns9027A3B3EBFCE1M0I0K5E6B9@194.168.222.8...
> > "Charlie Sapp" <crsapp@attglobal.net> wrote in
> > <3a5d0bb6_3@news1.prserv.net>:
> >
> > <snipped irrelevant blurb>
> >
> > I never could work out why people have gone to all that trouble coding
> > replication mechanisms in the likes of KAKWorm & ILU when all you need
to
> > do is put "Please forward this to everyone in your address book" at the
> > bottom.
> > --
> >   Mike

 "The evil that men do lives after them. The good oft interred with
their bones."*



 "Bruce Von Deylen" <brucevd@compuserve.com> wrote:
> Hello:
>     But that begs the question why people create viruses (as opposed
to
> software that would be truly useful) in the first place.


* really olde English play writer


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