Now the reason I sent you this letter is at least one of the
"pirated" copies of ICQ99a being passed around is confirmed to
have been infected with the W95.CIH
virus. It should be noted that many of the virus scanners miss
this virus, and worse yet but they can actually become infected
with it and spread it to every file they check. If you are running
a pirated copy of ICQ99a, you may want to download
KILL_CIH and check for an infection.
I do not have any confirmation on this yet but I little doubt
that Back Orifice (BO) is in some of the pirated copies. The best
way I know to get rid of this is BoDetect.
OK I confess I have one of the newer version of ICQ and yes it
is nice BUT is it worth risking damage to your files and the pain
of getting a virus? The official final release should be available
from Mirabilis soon.
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List
of known hoaxes:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V X Y Z
Welcome to my hoax section if
you encounter a message about a virus please send to [email protected]
or call me on ICQ#22015420
I
do not spread hoaxes! these pages are simply to inform
other users that they are hoaxes. Please to not spread
hoaxes. Hoax warnings are typically scare alerts started
by malicious people - and passed on by innocent users
who think they are helping the community by spreading
the warning.
Do
not forward hoax messages. There have been cases where
e-mail systems have collapsed after dozens of users forwarded
a false alert to everybody in the company. Corporate users
can get rid of the hoax problem by simply setting a strict
company guideline: End users must not forward virus
alarms. Ever. If such message is received, end users could forward it to the IT department
but not to anyone else.
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