Hoax - Virus warning.
Dave Plummer
davepl at MICROSOFT.com
Tue Nov 21 22:26:55 GMT 2000
I think it was the "official" Microsoft stance, "very bad", that clued me in
to this being a waste of time hoax...
Please pass it along to everyone you know == Delete it now
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 944 at technologist.com [mailto:944 at technologist.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 2:08 PM
> To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
> Subject: Re: Hoax - Virus warning.
>
>
> FROM: Symantec AntiVirus Research Center
>
> "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. "
>
> FR Wlk
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "espen hilde" <mwichstr at online.no>
> To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 1:37 PM
> Subject: Virus warning.
>
>
> >
> > Hi!
> > I recived a virus warning: dont open e-mails named :CALIFORNIA IBM.
> > It is no cure for it ,and will damage the information on
> the hard disc and
> damage netskape and explorer.
> > Espen (The cone shaped hat virus expert.....:-)
> >
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