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There is no such virus.
This is a hoax e-mail.
See:
http://www.uk.sophos.com/virusinfo/scares/california.html
----- Original Message -----
From: Dick Webb <dickwebb711@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <fritz@xxxxxxxx>; <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 1999 4:15 PM
Subject: virus alert
>
>
> Dear Friend: F.Y.I.
> We have been informed of 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 and please
> pass this message on to all your contacts and anyone
> who uses your
> e-mail facility. Not many people seem to know about
> this yet so
> propagate it as fast as possible.
>
> We keep the latest antivirus software loaded at all
> times so this
> will probably pass easily If you do see this file, you
> know not to open
> it.
>
> Dan Bradley
>
> PC Help Desk Engineer
> GetSmart.com
> (650) 685-5908
> (650) 224-7729
>
> Forwarded from: Ermanometry Research
>
>
>
>
>
> --- Gary Fritz <fritz@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I wrote:
> > > I don't think that will work for what I need. My
> > symbol universe
> > > & probably other things have gotten hosed by the
> > Omega universe
> > > "upgrade" and who knows what else. I can't add
> > new symbols and
> > > other things are screwed up too.
> >
> > Well, it appears I'm in more trouble than I thought.
> > I tried several
> > approaches to solving the problem (thanks, John and
> > Igor), but
> > neither one solved the problem.
> >
> > Then I tried doing a clean install from my CD (build
> > 18), and I
> > discovered I couldn't even add a symbol to my
> > portfolio in that bare
> > install!!
> >
> > If I try to add a symbol (such as SP futures) to the
> > portfolio with
> > Auto Detect Exchange, it says it can't find it in
> > the SU so I have to
> > specify the exchange. If I specify the exchange, it
> > says something
> > like "Can't find FUTURES symbol SP in exchange CME,
> > do you want to
> > add it?" If I say yes, it adds the symbol "SP" to
> > my portfolio, but
> > apparently doesn't recognize it's a futures
> > contract. I.e. it adds
> > "SP" but not "SP9U" etc. If I enter the symbol "SP"
> > in the "Add
> > symbol to portfolio" dialog and tell it to search
> > for it, the Server
> > hangs.
> >
> > But if I look under "Tools: Symbol Universe", the
> > symbol is there
> > just fine, as a Futures symbol on the CME.
> >
> > Any ideas??
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gary
> >
> >
>
> ===
> Big Lucky Dick
>
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