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In a message dated 99-07-09 15:49:29 EDT, you write:
> I don't know if this is for real, but we received this from our brokerage
> headquarters in Chicago:
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> >> Subject: new virus - WOBBLER
Hate to be tacky, but I'd love to know what brokerage firm is passing out dis
information. Sure would have to make you wonder about anything else they
said. Doesn't anyone check the facts. AOL has not, I repeat has not issued
any such warning, which isn't surprising considering the following found on
the web. The last statement is key. DON'T PASS IT ON.
>From Http://www.datafellows.com
F-Secure Hoax Warnings Pages
NAME:Wobbler
In 1999 there appeared a new hoax message warning abour Wobbler virus.
This virus does not exist. But there's a joke program called
'Joke.Win.Aloap' that is detected by Solomon as 'Wobbling Trojan'. The
hoax message looks like this:
WARNING: If you receive an e-mail with a file called
California, do not open the file. The file contains the WOBBLER
virus. This information was announced yesterday morning from
IBM; AOL states that this is a very dangerous virus, much worse
than "Melissa", and that there is NO remedy for it at this time.
Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the reformat
function from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase
all documents on the hard drive. It has been designed to work
with Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. It
destroys Macintosh and IBM compatible computers. This is a new,
very malicious virus and not many people know about it. Pass
this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book ASAP so that
this threat may be stopped.
Please ignore this message and don't pass it on.
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