Ron
As others say, this is so obviously a hoax that I'm surprised anyone
would fall for it (just think about what it says). However, you have
fallen into the trap by obeying the first sentence: the object of the
idiots who perpetrate this kind of thing is they hope to create a
snowball effect of e-mail messages until the Internet grinds to a halt,
causing maximum inconvenience. This is the "virus" and you have helped
to propagate it: thanks a lot!
Brian
Ron Waugh wrote:
>
> PLEASE, SEND THIS INFORMATION TO EVERY PERSON IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK. IF YOU
> RECEIVE AN E-MAIL THAT READS "UPGRADE INTERNET2" DO NOT OPEN IT, AS IT CONTAINS
> AN EXECUTABLE NAMED "PERRIN.EXE." IT WILL ERASE ALL THE DATA IN YOUR HARD DRIVE
> AND IT WILL STAY IN MEMORY. EVERY TIME THAT YOU UPLOAD ANY DATA, IT WILL BE
> AUTOMATICALLY ERASED AND YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE YOUR COMPUTER AGAIN. THIS
> INFORMATION WAS PUBLISHED YESTERDAY IN THE CNN WEB SITE. THIS IS A VERY
> DANGEROUS VIRUS. TO THIS DATE, THERE IS NO KNOWN ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM FOR THIS
> PARTICULAR VIRUS. PLEASE, FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR FRIENDS, SO THAT THEY
> WILL BE ON THE ALERT. ALSO CHECK THE LIST BELOW, SENT BY IBM, WITH THE NAMES OF
> SOME E-MAILS THAT, IF RECEIVED, SHOULD NOT BE OPENED AND MUST BE DELETED
> IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN ATTACHED VIRUSES. THIS WAY YOUR COMPUTER WILL
> BE SAFE. THE TITLES ARE:
>
> 01) buddylst.exe
> 02) calcu18r.exe
> 03) deathpr.exe
> 04) einstein.exe
> 05) happ.exe
> 06) girls.exe
> 07) happy99.exe
> 08) japanese.exe
> 09) keypress.exe
> 10) kitty.exe
> 11) monday.exe
> 12) teletubb.exe
> 13) The Phantom Menace
> 14) prettypark.exe
> 15) UP-GRADE INTERNET2
> 16) perrin.exe
> 17) I love You
> 18) CELCOM Screen Saver or CELSAVER.EXE
> 19) Win a Holiday (e-mail)
> 20) JOIN THE CREW O PENPALS
>
> ONCE AGAIN,
>
> DO NOT OPEN THESE E-MAILS AND PASS THIS INFORMATION ONTO YOUR FRIENDS AS
> SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>
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