Has anyone every thought about the possibility of virus being transmitted
through virus warnings or even better through hoax virus warnings!


Regards

Fin

Finlay Buchan
Technical Director
Datum Dynamics Ltd
Tel +44 (0)1290 426200
Fax +44 (0)1290 426212
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-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jack Crawford
Sent: 08 November 1999 15:20
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [TN] Wobbler Hoax virus alert


Please bookmark http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ and always check here or
at http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html before sending on virus
messages.  Remember that all major companies are very concerned about the
damage that viruses can do and are members of professional networks that
propagate true virus information.

Following copied from the Symantec (maker of Norton Antivirus) website
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wobbler-hoax.html

WOBBLER Virus Hoax

Aliases: California
 Known Variants: Hoax
 Infection Length: Hoax
 Area of Infection:
Hoax Likelihood:
Hoax Region Reported: email
 Characteristics: Hoax

Description:

The following two messages have been sent out by email. They are both
versions of the same hoax. This "virus" does not exist.

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